While some Jewish names are almost exclusively reserved for Jews were looking at you Zev and Dov there are other names that have made it into the American lexicon.

Most common american jewish last names. Castiglione surname Catz disambiguation Ceder. When compared to a list of Jewish surnames on Family Education and other websites in the Where to Find More section these emerged as some of the most common in the United States. Abram tops the list with 14730 identified Jewish passengers which make up 36 percent of all identified Jewish males.

This toponymic name means Easterner in Hebrew who were native to the Middle East. It means priest Some names reflect where people came from. Margolis is a Hebrew name meaning pearls.

Consider the most common name כהן which in English could be spelled Cohen Kohen Cohain Cohn Kohn Cahan etc. Jonathan David Publishers 1998. When I publish my lists of given names I add nikudot to the names since even those fluent in Hebrew might not be able to decipher the name if theyre not familiar with it.

Jews descended from the priestly groups of Cohens and Levis sometimes note this status in their name. Most probably used for someone who was brave and formidable in battle. Jewish Surnames in the United States The website Behind the Name has a list of the 1000 most common names in the US.

550 BARRERA Family that lived near muddy area or ground of clay. Derived from the Yiddish word milgrym Milgram means pomegranate. 549 DRAKE Dragon.

Goldberg is the name of a town in Germany. In the USA the most common Jewish names appear to be LevinLewin Kaplan Goldberg Katz Goldstein Cohen Shapiro Epstein Rosenberg and Friedman. 553 PIÑEDA Habitational surname from several places in Spain.