Perlmutter
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Perlmutter
Frequency: (980)
(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): ornamental name from German Perlmutter ‘mother-of-pearl’.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 7%. Miriam (3), Dov (2), Hyman (2), Isadore (2), Shimon (2), Sol (2), Arye, Cheskel, Emanuel, Haia, Haya, Moshe.
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