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Jews traditionally did not have family names, only patronymics ("Name, son/daughter of Father") In the 18th-19th centuries, European rulers passed laws requiring diaspora Jews under their rule to create family names to help the rulers collect taxes and conscript children. https://avotaynuonline.com/2015/08/the-jewish-surname-process-in-the-russian-empire-and-its-effect-on-jewish-genealogy/ https://yivoencyclopedia.org/printarticle.aspx?id=2126
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