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Until well into the Common Era, Jews did not have surnames as we know them today. They were simply given a name at birth and known by their given name, "son of" (ben) their father's given name. Because of the reverence given to the legendary King Solomon, the name Solomon was popular as a given name, but did not in any way denote descent from Solomon. Eventually, surnames came into general use, but not based on any ancestry Before Common Era.

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