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Pages in category "Surnames of Jewish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,461 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jews have some of the largest varieties of surnames among any ethnic group, owing to the geographically diverse Jewish diaspora, as well as cultural assimilation and the recent trend toward Hebraization of surnames. Some traditional surnames relate to Jewish history or roles within the religion, such as Cohen ("priest"), Levi, Shulman ...
Russian-Jewish surnames (22 P) Y. Yiddish-language surnames (526 P) Pages in category "Ashkenazi surnames" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of ...
Meir Shmuel Gabay (1933-2010), first and only Israeli to be elected to the United Nations General Assembly for any office. Yakir Gabay (1966-), Israeli-born billionaire who founded Aroundtown SA; son of Meir Shmuel Gabay. David Galula (1919-1967), French military officer and counterinsurgency theoretician.
Jewish-Chinese families (2 C, 1 P) Jewish-Danish families (3 C) Jewish-French families (11 C, 3 P) Jewish-German families (36 C, 19 P) Jewish-Hungarian families (8 C, 6 P) Jewish-Italian families (4 C, 5 P) Jewish-Polish families (4 C, 4 P) Jewish-Portuguese families (8 C, 1 P) Jewish-South African families ...
Surnames of Mizrahi Jewish origin ... Pages in category "Hebrew-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 229 total.
The Hebrew name is a Jewish practice rooted in the practices of early Jewish communities and Judaism. [4] This Hebrew name is used for religious purposes, such as when the child is called to read the Torah at their b'nei mitzvah. The baby's name is traditionally announced during the brit milah (circumcision ceremony) for male babies, typically ...
Cohen (Hebrew: כֹּהֵן, romanized: kōhēn, lit. ' priest '), also spelled Cohn, Kohn, or Kahn, is a surname of Jewish, Samaritan [1] and Biblical origins (see: Kohen). It is a very common Jewish surname (the most common in Israel), [2] and the following information discusses only that origin. Cohen is one of the four Samaritan last names ...