Eskenazi Surname
Approximately 2,400 people bear this surname
Eskenazi 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 SurnameEskenazi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 819 | 1:442,563 | 38,021 |
| France | 643 | 1:103,301 | 15,226 |
| Argentina | 104 | 1:410,994 | 31,358 |
| Brazil | 94 | 1:2,277,387 | 70,617 |
| Turkey | 94 | 1:827,887 | 40,084 |
| Peru | 85 | 1:373,931 | 12,435 |
| Mexico | 68 | 1:1,825,385 | 17,952 |
| Chile | 65 | 1:271,023 | 8,011 |
| Panama | 51 | 1:76,711 | 3,213 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| Venezuela | 48 | 1:629,252 | 11,082 |
| Spain | 45 | 1:1,038,934 | 38,115 |
| Bulgaria | 37 | 1:188,619 | 10,418 |
| Ecuador | 32 | 1:497,058 | 10,858 |
| Switzerland | 27 | 1:304,182 | 24,091 |
| Israel | 25 | 1:342,305 | 28,607 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Eškenazi (16), Eskénazi (11) & Eskenázi (2) are calculated separately.
Eskenazi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
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.
- archeroftheeyesAs a surname, Ashkenazi refers to the Ashkenazi Jews, a Jewish ethnic division from Northern and Eastern Europe. The word 'Ashkenazi' means 'from Ashkenaz,' a region mentioned in the Old Testament, and thought to refer to Germany, the region that the first Ashkenazi Jews settled in the 8th century AD (although it is now known that 'Ashkenaz' did not refer to Germany). The surname 'Ashkenazi' and its variants are rarely borne, however, by Ashkenazi Jews, but rather, nearly always by Jews from other ethnic divisions who have a distant Ashkenazi ancestor. This ancestor would have left his Ashkenazi community and joined a different Jewish community - Ashkenazi is most common as a surname amongst Syrian and Bukharan Jews. The surname is ultimately of Hebrew origin.
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Eskenazi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eskenazi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eskenazi (Russian: Эскенази) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Eškenazi, Eskénazi or Eskenázi. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Eskenazi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 178,070th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,036,477 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Eskenazi reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 35 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 819 people, or 1 in 442,563. In The United States Eskenazi is most prevalent in: New York, where 26 percent are found, California, where 21 percent are found and Washington, where 15 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 37 countries. It is also found in France, where 27 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.
Eskenazi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Eskenazi has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Eskenazi surname expanded 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Eskenazi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Eskenazi surname are 40.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.17% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Eskenazi earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 74.05% more than the national average, earning S/. 33,739 per year; in United States they earn 39.59% more than the national average, earning $60,232 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.14% more than the national average, earning $69,628 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eskenazi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eskenazi in the Russian language | ||
| Эскенази | eskenazi | - |
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