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chernoff Name Meaning and History

Russian and Jewish (from Belarus and Ukraine): alternative spelling of Chernov, a patronymic from the byname Chernyj ‘black’, denoting a black-haired or dark-skinned person.

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chernoff Family Facts

Distribution of chernoff Families in the US in 1920
Number of chernoff families
 17-32
 6-16		 1-5
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