Common jewish last names in the 1940s. For each rank and sex the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. Maghrebi jewish surnames 37 p s sephardic surnames 80 p y yiddish language surnames 436 p pages in category jewish surnames the following 200 pages are in this category out of approximately 1332 total. Surname for the first time two hispanic namesgarcia and rodriguezmade the top 10.
16 jewish baby names that were popular in the 1930s. In fact data from a census bureau study reveals that the number of hispanic surnames in the top 25 doubled between 1990 and 2000. Recalling jewish names and nicknames from 1920s 1940s newark by nat bodian in as earlier newark memory titled recalling third ward family name changes in the 1920s and 1930s i discussed the old third ward as a melting pot for thousands of immigrants from the shtetls of eastern europe who clung to the family names they brought with them.
The family name aaron is derived from hebrew name aharon. This is a patronymic surname that means son of aaron. Helga miriam elke dinah erika atarah ingrid yael christa shoshanna ilse devoran heidi shaindel gerda sura angelika ketziah frieda aviva.
David was the second king of israel. Joseph is a hebrew boys name that means increase. List of common jewish surnames with meanings.
The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 15155689 male births and. List of the most popular last names in the us rank 1001 2000 the following tables include all surnames with over 0001 frequency in the us population during the 1990 census. While smith remains the most common us.
Jewish last names are a relatively new phenomenon historically speaking. David is a hebrew boys name that means beloved. The table below includes last names ranked 1001 2000 in america.
Sephardic jews from areas around the mediterranean did not start adopting family names until the 15th century when expulsion from spain meant finding a way to keep family ties. This list may not reflect recent changes.