Last Name CHRISTOFFER

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Meaning The son of Christopher. Those who bear the name hail from Furness, in North Lancashire. It is a native name that owes its origin to the treacherous sands of Morecombe and Duddon. The legend of St. Christopher is that he found an occupation in guiding passengers across a wide stream. One night he bare unawres the child Christ, and was about to sink under an ever-increasing weight, when teh Saviour said: 'Thou bearest Him who beareth the sins of the world,' Many a babe would be dedicated to him in gratitude for some hairbreadth escape his father had experienced.
Origin English, Danish, Irish

Rank 58,999 (2000 US census) 86,740 (1990 US census)
Count 321 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.64%, or 307 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 2.49%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Belarus middle names

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