Last Name BAILLIE

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Meaning	The bailie, i.e. bailiff. A bailiff. Baille, a bailiff; same as Bailey.

Origin	English, Scottish, French, Jewish, Irish, South african

Rank	16,673 (2000 US census)	15,595 (1990 US census)

Count	1,581 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.3%, or 1475 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.96%, or 31 total occurrences, as black,
0.63%, or 10 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.51%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.71%, or 27 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.9%, or 30 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Shortest last names

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