List of Ashkenazi Jewish surnames

Name	Community	Early references	Later attested in	Meaning	Notes
Aaron, Aaaronsohn [1]			Mecklenburg, [1] Holland, [1] Romania, [1] United States, [1] England, [1] Ottoman Palestine [1]
Abel, Abeles, Abelman, Abelson [1]		Moravia (17th century) [1]	Prussia, [1] Lithuania [1]
Abigdor (Vigdor, Vigder, Vigdortshick or Vigdorowitz) [2]		France (1350) [2]	Eastern Europe, [2] England, [2] Constantinople [2] and Nice, France [2]
Abraham (Abrahams, Abrahamson, Abrahamsohn, Abrahamsen) [2]	Ashkenazi [2]		Rumelia, [2] Antwerp [2]
Abramowitz [3]		Russia [3]
Abrams (Abramsky, Abramson) [3]	Ashkenazi [3]		Germany, [3] Poland [3]
Abt (Abterode, Abedroth, Aptrod) [3]	Ashkenazi [3]			Derived from Abterode, Hesse [3]
Bak [4]	Ashkenazi [4]		Italy, [4] Jerusalem (16th century) [4]
Cohen (also Cowen, Cowan, Cohan, Cohane, Cohne, Cone, Coon, Kan, Koon, Cohn, Conn, Kahn, Kohn, Cahn, Cahen, Cahun, Caen, Cain, Coen, Coffen, Kahin, Cahan, Cahana, Kahan, Kahana, Kahane, Kagan, Kogan, Kogen, Kohan, Kohnowski, Koganowitch, Kohne, Kohner, Cohnheim, Cohnfeld, Katz, and other variations) [5]					Families bearing this name often claim descent from the priestly line originating with Aaron. [5] It is one of the most common Jewish surnames, borne by approximately 2% to 3% of the global Jewish population. [5] The surname has numerous variations, which differ by region and language. [5]
Jaffe [4]	Ashkenazi [4]		Jerusalem (18th century) [4]
Horowitz [4]	Ashkenazi [4]		Belorussia, [4] Jerusalem (18th century) [4]
Katzenellenbogen [4]	Ashkenazi [4]		Jerusalem (18th century) [4]
Mintz [4]	Ashkenazi [4]		Hungary, [4] Jerusalem (18th century) [4]
Rappaport [4]	Ashkenazi [4]		İzmir, [4] Jerusalem (18th century) [4]
Treves [4]	Ashkenazi [4]		İzmir, [4] Jerusalem (18th century) [4]
Rokeach [4]	Ashkenazi [4]		Amsterdam, [4] Poland, [4] Jerusalem (18th century) [4]

Italian Jewish surnames

Name	Community	Early references	Later attested in	Meaning	Notes
Adato [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Anav [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Augustari [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
de Botton [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Capuano [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Chimino [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Colon [4]	Italian [4]		Jerusalem (16th century) [4]
Gallico [4]	Italian [4]		Jerusalem (16th century) [4]
Luzzato [4]	Italian [4]	Italy [7]	Jerusalem (16th and 18th century), [8] Amsterdam [7]
Matalon [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Miscian [4]	Italian [4]		Jerusalem (16th century) [4]
Perahiah [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Piperno [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Recanati [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Salerno [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Sonino [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Talbi [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Taranto [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Tivoli [4]	Italian [4]		Jerusalem (16th century) [4]
Trabut [4]	Italian [4]		Jerusalem (16th century) [4]
Varsano [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Ventura [6]	Italian [6]		Ottoman Palestine (19th century) [6]
Vital [4]	Italian [4]		Jerusalem (16th century) [4]

See also

• List of Mizrahi Jewish surnames
• List of Sephardic Jewish surnames

Bibliography

• Beider, Alexander (2023). "Surnames of Jewish People in the Land of Israel from the Sixteenth Century to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century". Genealogy. 7 (3): 49. doi: 10.3390/genealogy7030049 .
• Rottenberg, Dan (1986). Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy (Reprint ed.). Genealogical Publishing Co. ISBN   0806311517.

References

1. Rottenberg 1986, p. 149.
2. Rottenberg 1986, p. 150.
3. Rottenberg 1986, p. 151.
4. Beider 2023, p. 4.
5. Rottenberg 1986, p. 193.
6. Beider 2023, p. 7.
7. Beider 2023, p. 5.
8. Beider 2023, pp. 4–5.