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fife Name Meaning and History

Scottish: regional name from the former kingdom of Fife in East Scotland, a name of obscure etymology. Tradition has it that the name is derived from an eponymous Fib, one of the seven sons of Cruithne, legendary founding father of the Picts.

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

Distribution of fife Families in the US in 1920
Number of fife families
 54-106
 19-53		 1-18
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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