Schiff is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Schiff
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Schiff

How popular is Schiff?

Schiff is common in Germany.

Schiff is ranked 47857 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Schiff bearers increased by 4.174276 per cent in 2010 US census to 3993 since 2000, the surname slipped by 299 spots and ranked at 8297. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.14 96.63
Hispanic or Latino 1.73 1.57
Others 0.93 1.02
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.55
Schiff is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 9989 people have been found who wears Schiff as their family name. Schiff is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,633 Czech Republic9
615,517 Russia6
18,114 Algeria3
2,720 South Korea3
5,332 Estonia3
18,718 Thailand2
40,256 Mexico2
12,172 Ghana2
41,879 Turkey2
54,641 Sweden2
9,185 Hong Kong2
485 Dominica2
1,704,541 India1
58,885 Poland1
37,779 Serbia1
40,340 Malaysia1
846 American Samoa1
7,941 Guatemala1
3,071 Jersey1
28,365 Kenya1
120,357 Argentina1
2,309 Monaco1
42,479 Greece1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
1,572 Macau1
34,581 Chile1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
51,763 Australia37
203,443 Indonesia33
20,041 New Zealand24
3,830 Luxembourg20
81,586 Spain17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
22,440 Belgium74
15,572 Switzerland72
9,137 Denmark64
37,331 Netherlands58
Countries with hundreds of Schiff:
1,656 Israel683
11,889 South Africa530
22,942 France429
35,595 Italy246
47,291 Brazil223
25,613 England188
7,168 Hungary164
8,140 Austria157
27,126 Canada126
Countries with thousands of Schiff:
6,699 United States5,748
9,390 Germany1,042
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Albert Schiff worked as merchant and hailed from Italy. 24 years old embarked for USA from Hamburg on Teutonia and arrived on August 28, 1866.

Comments

C
Catina Watlington
Schiff is an Alsace-Lorraine surname which means boat and boatman means the trade name.

Schiff Namesakes

    Hugo Schiff, Italian naturalized chemist. He discovered Schiff bases and other imines
  • Adam Schiff, U.S. Representative
  • Adelheid Schiff, Jacob Schiff's sister
  • Erika Schiff, Film actress
  • Gary Schiff, American Politician
  • Hugo Schiff, Chemist
  • András Schiff, Classical pianist
  • András Schiffer, Hungarian Politician
  • Anja Schiffel, Actress
  • Anshel J. Schiff, Author
  • Hugo Schiff, Chemist

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