Having a database of more
than 83,000 surnames and given names of
folks buried in society plots, and almost 20,000 matzevot inscriptions
"completely" translated, a number of different frequency and statistical
studies can be done. This is not done in any academic sense, so each of you
should assign whatever validity to these studies you deem proper. I know
that many questions are brought up for discussion regarding the names of our
ancestors, so perhaps these studies will in some small way answer some of
those questions.
Surname Frequencies
Given Name Frequencies
more to come...
SURNAMES
Much of what we do as
genealogists revolve around the search for ancestral surnames. Listed below
is a table of how often a surname appears on the Museum's cemetery database, which was
created from more than 75,000 surnames. The vast majority of those listed
are buried in society plots that are associated with Poland. The frequencies
of the most common fourteen surnames are listed below, from most common to
least, and is given as a
percent of the total, minimum 0.50%.
COHEN
GOLDSTEIN
LEVINE
GOLDBERG
ROSEN
BERNSTEIN
ROSENBERG
MILLER
LEVY
FRIEDMAN
SCHWARTZ
GREENBERG
SHAPIRO
GOLDMAN
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2.77
1.49
1.18
1.15
0.84
0.81
0.68
0.66
0.59
0.56
0.54
0.54
0.52
0.51 |
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