Oliff Family History
- Oliff Name Meaning
- English: from the Old Norse personal name Óleifr, a variant of Ólafr ‘Olaf’ (see Olsen). The name was always common in Scandinavia, and became popular also in northern Scotland and Ireland, which received Scandinavian colonists at an early date.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 18,949 Historical Documents with Oliff on Ancestry
- 7,065 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 4,339 Census and Voter Lists
- 705 Military Records
- 441 Immigration Records
- 6,399 Member Trees
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Number of Oliff families
 11 - 20  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Oliff census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Oliff census records
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