What We Know About the Schiffmann Surname

Schiffmann is a familiar spelling of the German name Schiff. In origin, the name means “Ship”.

• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• The same family of names includes Schiffer and Schiffers.
• French civil records give 255 births under the name Schiffmann from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960.
• Schiffmann is built on the same root as Schiff, with the ending -mann.

Arms associated with the name

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