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Russian-Jewish surnames (23 P) Y. Yiddish-language surnames (539 P) Pages in category "Ashkenazi surnames" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total.
Ashkenazi surnames (2 C, 53 P) H. ... Pages in category "Surnames of Jewish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,475 total.
Ashkenazi (Hebrew: אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי) is a surname of Jewish origin. The term Ashkenaz ( Hebrew : אַשְׁכְּנַז ) refers to the area along the Rhine in Western Europe where diaspora Jews settled and formed communities during the Middle Ages .
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 "Yiddish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 536 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Category: Ashkenazi Jews. ... Ashkenazi surnames (2 C, 49 P) Asian Ashkenazi Jews (3 C, 1 P) D. Descendants of the Baal Shem Tov (31 P) E. European Ashkenazi Jews (32 ...
Pages in category "Russian-Jewish surnames" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aaronovich;
As Ashkenazi Jews moved away from Europe, mostly in the form of aliyah to Israel, or immigration to North America, and other English-speaking areas such as South Africa; and Europe (particularly France) and Latin America, the geographic isolation that gave rise to Ashkenazim have given way to mixing with other cultures, and with non-Ashkenazi ...