Prophet -- Profitt -- Proffitt

You may notice that there are three surnames that are very similar, however, not the same. In fact, they are the same, or at least of the same pedigree, but with different spellings. The Proffitt name began as Prophet. Later, the family adopted the "Profitt" spelling (with only 1 'f'). Then again later, after several generations, another "f" was added to make the surname "Proffitt".''
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