Tift Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Devon 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 4
London 3
Northamptonshire 11
Shropshire 1
Surrey 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Tift Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tift family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Farmers Pupil 1
Tailoress 1
Trimmer 1
Dress Maker & Milliner 1
Labourer 1
Straw Bonnet Maker 1
Rigger 1
Blacksmith 1
Pauper 1
Receiving Relief 1
Almswoman Formerly The Wife Of Coalminer 1
Cook Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tift

Name Census Frequency
John Tift 19
Ann Tift 12
Elizabeth Tift 12
Mary Tift 12
Thomas Tift 12
William Tift 12
Sarah Tift 10
George Tift 8
Joseph Tift 8
James Tift 7
Jane Tift 7
Henry Tift 6
Alfred Tift 5
Alice Tift 5
Annie Tift 5
Arthur Tift 5
Esther Tift 5
Martha Tift 5
Rose Tift 5
Edith Tift 4
Edward Tift 4
Frederick Tift 4
Alma Tift 3
Emma Tift 3
Margaret Tift 3

Tift Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Toft 75% 7,595
2 Taft 75% 2,378
3 Tuft 75% 509
4 Tift 100% 252
5 Teft 75% 160

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The surname Tift is the 4th most popular variant of Toft.

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