Ashkenaze Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Ashkenaze Surname User-submission:
Ashkenazi, and variants of this surname, signify that a distant paternal ancestor of the bearer belonged to the Ashkenazi subdivision of the Jewish people.
The Ashkenazi Jews are a Jewish ethnic subdivision who lived in Northern and Eastern Europe.
Read More About This SurnameAshkenaze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
Ashkenaze Surname Meaning
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Ashkenazi, and variants of this surname, signify that a distant paternal ancestor of the bearer belonged to the Ashkenazi subdivision of the Jewish people.
The Ashkenazi Jews are a Jewish ethnic subdivision who lived in Northern and Eastern Europe. They named themselves 'Ashkenazi' when they first settled the Rhine, in Germany, in the 8th century AD. This was because it was thought 'Ashkenaz,' a place named in the Old Testament, referred to Germany, though modern scholarship suggests this is extremely unlikely.
The vast majority of bearers of the Ashkenazi surname are not Ashkenazi themselves. Rather, they pertain to other Jewish groups, and their ancestor, who would have left an Ashkenazi community to join a different one, retained 'Ashkenazi' as a surname because it was noteworthy that he was from a distinct background to the rest of his adopted community. It is most common amongst Syrian and Bukharan Jews.
The surname Ashkenazi is of Hebrew origin, and ultimately topographical in nature.
- archeroftheeyesAshkenaze Demographics
Average Ashkenaze Salary in
United States
$20,319 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ashkenaze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashkenaze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ashkenaze (Russian: Ашкеназе) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashkenaze? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ashkenaze is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Ashkenaze is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Ashkenaze live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname Ashkenaze is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States Ashkenaze is most prevalent in: California, where 38 percent reside, Texas, where 31 percent reside and Washington, where 19 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 21 percent reside and Ukraine, where 13 percent reside.
Ashkenaze Last Name Statistics demography
Ashkenaze earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.91% less than the national average, earning $20,319 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashkenaze Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashkenaze in the Russian language | ||
| Ашкеназе | askenaze | - |
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