Frequency: (7647)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of the places named Eppstein, for example in the Palatinate and Hesse, from Old High German ebur ‘wild boar’ + stein ‘stone’.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 6%. Hyman (11), Emanuel (8), Isadore (7), Sol (7), Miriam (4), Moshe (4), Aron (3), Chaim (3), Meyer (3), Shlomo (3), Yoav (3), Ari (2).
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