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Miller and Millar are surnames of English, German, Irish or Scottish origin.. Miller is a common surname in: the United States (where it is the 7th most common surname), Bahamas (14th), Falkland Islands/United Kingdom (17th), Cayman Islands and Canada (18th), Jamaica (22nd), Scotland/United Kingdom (24th), New Zealand (36th) and Australia (38th).
The name is of German origins when Miller is an anglicization of Müller (surname). A–C ... José Miller (1925–2006), Cuban Jewish leader; Josh Miller ...
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Miller was born on August 23, 1985, in Santa Monica, California, where he was raised, the second of three children in the Jewish family of Michael D. Miller, a real estate investor, and Miriam (née Glosser). [1]
Matisyahu explained the origin of his use of the name as follows: while he, like most Jewish boys, received a Hebrew name at his brit milah (circumcision ceremony), when he was eight days old, Miller's family lost track of the names given. In Hebrew school, it was assumed to be Matisyahu because of the connection between Matthew and Matisyahu.
The German word Müller means "miller" (as a profession).It is the most common family surname in Germany, Switzerland, and the French départements of Bas-Rhin and Moselle [1] (with the spelling Müller, Mueller or Muller) and is the fifth most common surname in Austria (see List of most common surnames in Europe).
Name Years Nationality Prominent roles Jewish lineage References Paula Abdul: 1962– American American Idol [386] Paul Adelstein: 1969– American Prison Break, Private Practice [387] Ronni Ancona: 1968– British (Scottish) [253] [388] Mathieu Amalric: 1965– French Munich, Quantum of Solace, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch ...
Efim Samuilovich Bandes was born to a Jewish family in April 1866 in Vilna (today's Vilnius, Lithuania), then part of the Pale of Settlement of the Russian Empire.While barely a teenager, Efim (who later took the name Louis Miller) and his older brother joined a revolutionary circle headed by Aaron Zundelevich, seeking the overthrow of the antisemitic Tsarist regime in Russia.