The sheriff Surname

sheriff Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish: variant of Shreve.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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sheriff Family Facts

Distribution of sheriff Families in the US in 1920

Number of sheriff families

43-84

15-42

1-14

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 63 - Messages: 126

Thread	Author	Replies
Sarah Place Sherrif b.1808 Lee,Stafford Co,NH	wolfsky1	0
Children of Thomas and Jugalima "Juggy" Sheriff	Kathy Thompson	7
trying to find carol patrica sheriff	sazaturner	0
Sheriff>SC>NC>TN>USA >Ireland>UK	Matildadunn	1
Joe or Joseph Sheriff	aldobby	0
Robert Dean Sheriff	helen ashby	2
Dawn Ann Sheriff	kalotac	0
Samuel Sheriff of pa	nrichert1	0
grandson of Harry Sheriff of Ca.	patin65	2
William Randall Sheriff	patinman91	1

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