Find out how popular the last name Shiffrin is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Shiffrin.

Shiffrin, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Shiffrin surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Shiffrin in America

Shiffrin is the 149395th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Shiffrin surname appeared 110 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Shiffrin.

We can also compare 2010 data for Shiffrin to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Shiffrin

The surname SHIFFRIN is of Eastern European Jewish origin, specifically from the Pale of Settlement in the Russian Empire, which included parts of modern-day Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania. It likely emerged in the late 18th or early 19th century.

The name SHIFFRIN may have derived from the Yiddish word "shifer," meaning a slate or tile worker, suggesting that the earliest bearers of this name were involved in the slate or tile trade. Alternatively, it could have been an occupational surname related to the German word "Schiffer," meaning a boatman or sailor.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the SHIFFRIN name appears in the revision lists of the Russian Empire from the early 19th century, where families with this surname were documented in various shtetls (small Jewish towns) across the Pale of Settlement.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many Eastern European Jews, including those with the SHIFFRIN surname, immigrated to the United States and other parts of the world to escape persecution and seek better opportunities. Notable individuals with the SHIFFRIN surname include:

1. Mikey Shiffrin (1903-1988), a Jewish-American boxer from New York City who fought in the lightweight and welterweight divisions in the 1920s and 1930s.

2. Boris Shiffrin (1920-2007), a Russian-American physicist and professor at Syracuse University, known for his contributions to the field of solid-state physics.

3. Eileen Shiffrin (1927-2020), an American author and journalist who wrote several books on topics related to women's rights and social issues.

4. Leonid Shiffrin (born 1949), a Russian-American mathematician and professor at the University of Georgia, known for his work in probability theory and stochastic processes.

5. Mikaela Shiffrin (born 1995), an American alpine ski racer and two-time Olympic gold medalist, widely considered one of the greatest skiers of all time.

While the SHIFFRIN name has its roots in Eastern Europe, it has since spread to various parts of the world, carried by descendants of those who emigrated from the Pale of Settlement in search of better lives and opportunities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Shiffrin

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Shiffrin.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Shiffrin was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Shiffrin has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Shiffrin was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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