Schiffer Family History
Schiffer Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a mariner or boatman, from an
agent derivative of Middle High German schif ‘ship’.Jewish
(Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Schiffer ‘boatman’,
‘skipper’.Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish female personal
name Shifre, derived from a Hebrew word meaning ‘beautiful’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Schiffer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Schiffer families
 53 - 103  18 - 52 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Schiffer families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Schiffer last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Schiffer census records
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Schiffer Family Origin
Schiffer Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Schiffer
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Schiffer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Schiffer census records
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Schiffer Civil War Service Records
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