Then why are everyone trying to keep up with the Joneses?
BTW>>>>Maternal great grandmother was born a Braun, turned down an offer of marriage from a Jones in 1896 and married a Schwarz. She was quite a colorful character who lived until she was 98. Jones died in the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 and great grandmother took in his orphan children and raised them as her own. Frum Yekke Joneses in early 20th century NYC. In the Vaterland the name had been Jonas. In America a “jona’ was considered to be cursed and bring bad luck, getting employment proved difficult and changing one letter solved the problem Jakob Jonas from Germany became Jacob Jones of New York.