Last name: FIFE
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FIFE : This last name is indexed 40,168 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
FIFE : Scottish: habitational name from the province and former kingdom of Fife in East Scotland a name of obscure etymology. Tradition has it that the name is derived from an eponymous Fib one of the seven sons of Cruithne legendary founding father of the Picts.
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