Frequency: (1659)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from Günzburg in Swabia, which derives its name from the river Günz (in early Latin records Guntia, probably of Celtic origin) + Old High German burg ‘fortress’, ‘walled town’.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 6%. Moshe (3), Gershon (2), Aron, Beril, Chaim, Chana, Dov, Eliezer, Herzl, Hyman, Ilysa, Margalit.
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