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The Thrift Surname

Thrift Name Meaning and History

  1. nickname for a thrifty person, from Middle English thrift.
  2. possibly also a much altered form of Firth.

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Thrift Family Facts

Distribution of Thrift Families in Scotland in 1891
Number of Thrift families
 6-10
 3-5
 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1891 Scotland Census records

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