Last Name SCRIMSHAW

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Meaning The skirmisher, a fencer. Old French 'eskirmir,' to fence. Old French 'escarmouche,' a skirmish, hence English scrimmage, and the form scrimgeour, i.e. scrimmager, one who mingled in a scrimmage. Alexander I, by special grant, appointed a member of the Carron family, to whom he gave the name of Scrimgeour, for his valour in a sharp fight, to the office of hereditary standard-bearer.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 97,848 (2000 US census)
Count 172 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97.09%, or 167 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

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Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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