1897 census surname
Lifshitz
According to Rootera’s index, 221 people recorded as Lifshitz or related archive spellings were found across 66 census sheets. The surname appears most frequently in Dvinsk, Rezhitsa, and Lutzin.
Spelling forms
This page groups spelling variants associated with the same surname. Archive forms come directly from the indexed census records; Western spellings are included to support family-history research.
Where the surname appears
- Dvinsk93
- Rezhitsa66
- Lutzin11
- Preili10
- Kreslavka8
- Ludzas apriņķis8
- Baltinavas Parish7
- Viļānu Town6
- Dagda5
- Maltas (Rozentovas) Parish3
- Izvaltas Parish2
- Balvu Parish1
About these spelling forms
Rootera’s index records this surname in Cyrillic as “Лившиц”, “Лившич”, “Липсич”, “Липшиц”, and “Лифшиц”, with “lifsic”, “lipsic”, and “livsic” in the Latin transcription. Researchers using Western-language sources may also encounter “Lifschitz”, “Lifshits”, “Lifshitz”, “Lipschitz”, and “Lipshitz”. These spelling alternatives help with discovery, but each match should be checked against the original census sheet.
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