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Many Persian last names consisted of three parts in order to distinguish from other families with similar last names. Some Persian Jewish families that had similar surnames to their Muslim neighbors added a second surname at the end of their last names. As an example Jafar nezhad Levian (From the race of Japhet and from the Tribe of Levite ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Jewish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,470 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The most common surname remains Smith; over two million Americans have that name and it is the most common name for white, native and multiracial residents. The most common name among black Americans was Williams and the most common name among Asian Americans was Nguyen. The name Wilson was 10th in the 2000 census but was replaced by Martinez ...
Variations on these names are common and most often reflect different ways of transliterating the Hebrew version. [4] Apart from these original surnames, the surnames of Jewish people of the present have typically reflected family history and their ethnic group within the Jewish people.
Pages in category "Hebrew-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 234 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
See also Category:Surnames of Mizrahi Jewish origin Pages in category "Surnames of Sephardic origin" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total.
It is a very common Jewish surname (the most common in Israel). [2] Cohen is one of the four Samaritan last names that exist in the modern day. [citation needed] Many Jewish immigrants entering the United States or United Kingdom changed their name from Cohen to Cowan (sometimes spelled "Cowen"), as Cowan was a Scottish name. [3]
Lists of Americans; By US state; By ethnicity; Afghan; African Americans. African-American Jews; Albanian; Algerian; Amish; Angolan; Antiguan and Barbudan; Arab ...