Reply To: Most Common Surname Among Torah Observant Jews

BS”D

I hope neither of those Moishe Friedmans resides in Vienna and has the (very inappropriate) second name of Aryeh because said gentleman is in cherem!!

We frum Yidden seem to be so apt at choosing the same first names, regardless of our particular community and the reason for those names, that all of my phone book entries are last name first as with two exceptions I have more than 2 people with each first name represented in my book (and I keep my phone book clean and small). Not all of the duplicate names are the typical ones associated with any particular community.