Lifshitz

• Lefschetz, Libshitz, Lifschitz, Lipschitz, Lipshitz, Lipsitz, Lipschutz, Livshitz, Lifszyc, Lipszyc

Borrowed from Hebrew ליפשיץ, a Jewish Ashkenazi habitational surname from the Polish city of Głubczyce, although several other theories exist.^[1]

Lifshitz (plural Lifshitzes)

1. A surname from Hebrew.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lifshitz is the 79075^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 241 individuals. Lifshitz is most common among White (97.1%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lifshitz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 436.