Frequency: (102)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Jewish (Sephardic and Ashkenazic): from the male personal name Maymon, derived from Arabic maymun ‘luck’, ‘good fortune’. Ashkenazic Jews started to use this personal name due to the fame of the medieval Sephardic religious scholar Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides).
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 29%. Moshe (3), Nissim (2), Avshalom, Haim, Ravit, Uri.
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