Origin Displayed: Swiss
Spelling variations of this family name include: Streif, Streiff, Streiffel, Straif,Straiff and others.First found in the canton of Chur, Switzerland which is thought to be the ancient homeland of the bearers of Streif, perhaps from the 9th century.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Melcher Streiff, and Hans Jacob Streiff, who both arrived in Carolina in 1738; David Streiff, who was on record in Pennsylvania in 1772; Christian Streiff, who arrived at the port of New York in 1837.
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