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Yiddish Surnames

These names are used by Yiddish-speaking Jews. See also about Jewish names.
There are 12 names matching your criteria.

HAYES (3)     Yiddish
Metronymic from the Yiddish name Khaye "life".
ORENSTEIN     Yiddish
Means "horn stone".
PENSAK     Yiddish
Variant of PENZIG
PENZAG     Yiddish
Variant of PENZIG
PENZAK     Yiddish
Variant of PENZIG
PENZIG     German, Yiddish
Denotes a person who comes from Penzig, the German name for Pieńsk, a town in southwest Poland... [more]
PENZIK     Yiddish
Variant of PENZIG
VANG (2)     Yiddish
Variant of WANG (4)
WALLACH     Yiddish
From Middle High German walhe, walch "foreigner from a Romance country", probably a nickname for someone from Italy.
WANG (4)     Yiddish
Nickname for a Jew from Hungary, ultimately from Russian Vengria "Hungary".
WARD (3)     Yiddish
Adopted by bearers of Yiddish surnames like WARSZAWSKI or WARSHAWSKY that start with a similar sound to the English name Ward.
WARSHAWSKY     Yiddish
Yiddish or American spelling of WARSZAWSKI.

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