Proffitt Family History
Proffitt Name Meaning
Scottish and English: nickname or occupational name for a
soothsayer, someone gifted with the ability to foretell the future
(see Prophet).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Proffitt
Name Distribution of Proffitt Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Proffitt families
 95 - 188  32 - 94 |
 1 - 31  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Proffitt census records
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Proffitt Family Origin
Proffitt Emigration Information (US)
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Proffitt Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Proffitt
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