1897 census surname
Ziv
According to Rootera’s index, 65 people recorded as Ziv or related archive spellings were found across 16 census sheets. The surname appears most frequently in Dvinsk and Rēznas (Rozenmuižas) Parish.
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
- Dvinsk64
- Rēznas (Rozenmuižas) Parish1
About these spelling forms
Rootera’s index records this surname in Cyrillic as “Жив” and “Зив”, with “ziv” in the Latin transcription. Researchers using Western-language sources may also encounter “Zhiv”. These spelling alternatives help with discovery, but each match should be checked against the original census sheet.
Explore Ziv census records
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Search ZivSurname spellings may vary between the handwritten census sheets and the index. Rootera’s index is continuously reviewed and corrected.