Reply To: Most Common Surname Among Torah Observant Jews

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Azi – yes – the Smiths were Schmidts or (- gold, fein etc) schmidts in Europe (or for that matter any other name because Ellis Island was said to have made some errors in transcribing names but now that has apparently been disproven – not sure). Wonder if any Jewish or Notzri Haddads from the Arabic speaking world changed their name to Smith to avoid being mistaken for Muslims :).

Havesome – yes – and Feher, Fekete (very common in Satmar/Pupa), Nagy (never met a Jew named Nagy but I assume there are some out there) and Kiss (a few such as musician Mo Kiss).