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koachshtika
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Having last names, especially of the kind we mostly have today, is not a Jewish practice.

Taking a hyphenated last name is no more Goyish than taking on a husband’s last name.

I rarely see hyphenated names, but there’s nothing particularly wrong with it. When someone is called up to the Torah, we use the father’s name. When we make a misberach, we use the mother’s name.