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1897 census surname

Shur

According to Rootera’s index, 48 people recorded as Shur or related archive spellings were found across 20 census sheets. The surname appears most frequently in Dvinsk, Rezhitsa, and Baltinavas Parish.

48
indexed people
20
census sheets
6
places

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.

СурШурsurSchurShur

Where the surname appears

  1. Dvinsk33
  2. Rezhitsa9
  3. Baltinavas Parish2
  4. Lutzin2
  5. Kreslavka1
  6. Maltas (Rozentovas) Parish1

About these spelling forms

Rootera’s index records this surname in Cyrillic as “Сур” and “Шур”, with “sur” in the Latin transcription. Researchers using Western-language sources may also encounter “Schur” and “Shur”. These spelling alternatives help with discovery, but each match should be checked against the original census sheet.

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Surname spellings may vary between the handwritten census sheets and the index. Rootera’s index is continuously reviewed and corrected.