Last Name FIRMIN

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Meaning	The son of Firman, Farman, or Ferman. The great home of this name and all its varied forms was Norfolk. From there it extended as Firmin into Essex.

Origin	English, French, Irish, Haitian, Belgian

Rank	22,274 (2000 US census)	29,016 (1990 US census)

Count	1,080 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

79.54%, or 859 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
16.76%, or 181 total occurrences, as black,
0.56%, or 6 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.46%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.39%, or 15 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.3%, or 14 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.

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.
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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...