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Shirts Name Meaning

Americanized spelling of German Schertz. Possibly a variant of English Shirt, a topographic name for someone who lived on a detached piece of land, Middle English shurte, from Old English scyrte ‘skirt’, ‘cut off piece’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Shilts, Shurts, Shults, Shirah, Sires, Shorts, Shirk, Shilt, Sheats

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Shirts Family Origin

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Shirts Family Occupations

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  • Farmer

    37%

  • Keeping House

    8%

  • Farm Laborer

    6%

  • Farming

    6%

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In 1880, the most common Shirts occupation in the USA was Farmer. 37% of Shirts's were Farmers. Farmer, Keeping House and Farm Laborer were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Shirts. A less common occupation for the Shirts family was Farming.

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Shirts Life Expectancy

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