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  • November 21, 2011 1:15 am at 1:15 am #600708
    Shmaryahu L.from miami
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    i just thought it would be fun to start this thread and i’ll say#1 most common has to be friedman

    November 21, 2011 2:01 am at 2:01 am #828453
    yentingyenta
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    gross, cohen, cohn, levi, wolf plus common suffixes like gold as in -man, shmidt, smith stein etc.

    November 21, 2011 2:06 am at 2:06 am #828454
    supergirl613
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    stern is a very common last name and also goldstein

    November 21, 2011 2:10 am at 2:10 am #828455
    flowers
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    I think Schwartz is the most common.

    November 21, 2011 2:12 am at 2:12 am #828456
    here I come ready or not
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    this thread is starting to turn stalkish…;)

    November 21, 2011 2:36 am at 2:36 am #828457
    mischiefmaker
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    klein-well duuuuuuuuuuh :0

    November 21, 2011 3:05 am at 3:05 am #828458
    gefen
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    schwartz, weiss, (black, white)

    klein, gross (small, big) for those of you who didn’t get it 😉

    November 21, 2011 3:33 am at 3:33 am #828460
    tzaddiq
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    weiss silver katz goldberg schwartz

    November 21, 2011 3:40 am at 3:40 am #828461
    here I come ready or not
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    gefen:-“gross (small, big) for those of you who didn’t get it 😉

    It should be Groise

    or grose in that case;)

    November 21, 2011 3:43 am at 3:43 am #828462
    jch551
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    you guys have to start thinking syrian last names

    November 21, 2011 3:43 am at 3:43 am #828463
    midwesterner
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    Katzenellenbogenstein

    November 21, 2011 3:49 am at 3:49 am #828464
    YehudahTzvi
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    Stalkenstein.

    November 21, 2011 3:57 am at 3:57 am #828465
    here I come ready or not
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    midwesterner

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    Katzenellenbogenstein

    you 4got the chananya yom tov bit!!

    November 21, 2011 3:58 am at 3:58 am #828466
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    YehudahTzvi

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    Stalkenstein.

    How about Stalkenbaum…lol;)

    November 21, 2011 4:03 am at 4:03 am #828467
    genuine
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    Mizrahi, Abadi, Rishty, Safdieh, Beyda, Kassin, Erani

    November 21, 2011 4:03 am at 4:03 am #828468
    midwesterner
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    They only asked for last names!!

    November 21, 2011 4:22 am at 4:22 am #828469
    YW Moderator-42
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    I’m sure we had a thread like this before. Friedman, Cohen, Levy, Levine, Solomon, Schwartz

    November 21, 2011 4:27 am at 4:27 am #828470
    YW Moderator-42
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    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/most-common-surname-among-torah-observant-jews

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