Because Simmons was the name of the blacksmith who had invited all Jews to spread.
Jews and many other migrants changed their surnames because they wanted to fin it in their new location, or because they wanted to forget life in their old location, or both.
There is no surname that is used only by Jews. There are many surnames that are used both by Jews and non-Jews. Therefore, any surname that is used by a Jewish family is Jewish, and any surname that is used by a non-Jewish family is not Jewish. So any surname can be both Jewish and non-Jewish at the same time.
Your ancestors can be Jewish if they were Jewish. Whether the surname of your mother seems to be associated with Jews or not does not change that.
Gomes is a Hispanic name. Some Jews use it and some who are not Jews use it.
The surname Markus has been used by some Jewish families, but that does not mean it is exclusively a Jewish name. Most surnames used by Jews are also used by non-Jews who have no Jewish ancestry.
The surname is Germanic, but may or may not be ethnic German, depending on the particular family being studied. Yiddish, a Germanic language used by European Jews, provided surnames to Jews throughout Eastern and Central Europe.
No. While Jews can have the surname Young, most people with this surname are Non-Jews.
There are Jews who use the surname Shepard, and there are also non-Jews who use the same surname. Most surnames used by Jews are not used only by Jews, and in that sense there are few if any truly "Jewish surnames."
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There is no surname that is used only by Jews. There are many surnames that are used both by Jews and non-Jews. Therefore, any surname that is used by a Jewish family is Jewish, and any surname that is used by a non-Jewish family is not Jewish. So any surname can be both Jewish and non-Jewish at the same time.
Your ancestors can be Jewish if they were Jewish. Whether the surname of your mother seems to be associated with Jews or not does not change that.
No, its not. Though at immigration in America some years ago some Jews may have been forced to change their hard to pronounce surnames (such as Kurtzberg, Kutzberg etc) to the easier to pronouce and more anglo saxon Kirby.
Gomes is a Hispanic name. Some Jews use it and some who are not Jews use it.
The KKK.
No. It is an English surname. Since England was purged of Jews between 1290 and the mid-1600s, almost all English surnames are exclusively non-Jewish. (There may be some incidental Jews who will have this name because they married Non-Jewish Englishmen, but this is not a Jewish surname.)
The surname Markus has been used by some Jewish families, but that does not mean it is exclusively a Jewish name. Most surnames used by Jews are also used by non-Jews who have no Jewish ancestry.
William Joseph Simmons was the Southerner who reformed the KKK after it had fallen. He convinced hundreds of thousands of men that Jews, blacks, and non-protestants were evil.
Wiseman is a Yiddish or German surname, originally spelled Weisman. It is commonly used by Jews with origins in central or Eastern Europe.