Last Name SHIFFER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish

Rank	20,111 (2000 US census)	14,181 (1990 US census)

Count	1,233 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.27%, or 1150 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.46%, or 18 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 6 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.3%, or 16 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.49%, or 43 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.

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

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...