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Sha Family History

Sha Name Meaning
Chinese : there are different accounts of the origin of Sha as a surname. Two accounts derive it from the Yi and Hu Chinese minorities around the time of the Tang dynasty (618–907). Two other accounts trace it back to individuals who had Sha as a part of their name.Indian: variant of Shah.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

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1,177 Immigration Records
3,037 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
1,627 Member Family Trees
2,197 Military Records

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Name Distribution of Sha Families

  • Number of Sha families
     8 - 14
     3 - 7
     1 - 2
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Sha families
     5 - 7
     2 - 4
     1
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Sha last name
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

Sha census records

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Sha Family Origin

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Sha Immigration Information

from the New York Passenger Lists

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Average Life Expectancy for Sha

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Sha Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

Sha census records

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Sha Civil War Service Records

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