Frequency: (199)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): occupational name for a baker of Jewish unleavened bread, from Yiddish (of Hebrew origin) matse ‘matzah’ (unleavened bread).
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 8%. Hyman, Nissim, Sol.
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