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Within the United States, it is ranked as the 441st-most common surname. [4] German names were regularly Anglicized with immigration. Surnames were often translated, so in this case, Zimmerman would become Carpenter. Later generations also altered their original family names frequently after being in the United States many years.
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 .
Zimmer, surname, variant of Zimerman; Zimmerman (with double "m"), surname of which Zimerman is a variant; Zimmermann, surname and a list of people with the name; All pages with titles beginning with Zimerman; All pages with titles containing Zimerman
The name Zimmerman is not a Jewish name. It is a sterotypical name like Goldburg, Finestein, Weinstine, Etc. These are German names. These names are associated with the Jewish population because many Jewish people settled in Germany, then later moved to other countries mainly because of the genocide circa WWII. My name is Edward C. Zimmerman, Jr.
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 .
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. Sephardic communities began to take on surnames in the Middle Ages (specifically c.10th and 11th centuries), and these surnames reflect the languages spoken by the Sephardic ...
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The origin of Jewish family names: morphology and history. P. Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-5644-7. Eva Horowitz and Heinrich Guggenheimer: Jewish Family Names and their Origins: an etymological dictionary. KTAV 1992, ISBN 978-0-88125-297-2, 882 pages; What’s in a Name? 25 Jewish Stories. Jewish Museum of Switzerland, Biel 2022. ISBN 978-3-907262-34-4.