Jewish Surnames12

SAMUEL English, French, German, Jewish
Derived from the given name SAMUEL.

SCHEINBERG Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "beautiful mountain" from old German schön "beautiful" and berg "mountain".

SCHNEIDER German, Jewish
From German schneider or Yiddish shnayder, making it a cognate of SNYDER.

SCHNUR German, Jewish
From Old High German snuor meaning "rope, cord", an occupational name for a maker of rope.

SCHREIER German, Jewish
Occupational name for a town crier, from Old High German scrian meaning "to shout, to yell".

SCHWARTZ German, Jewish
Variant of SCHWARZ.

SCHWARZ German, Jewish
Means "black" in German, from Old High German swarz. It originally described a person with black hair or a dark complexion.

SEELENFREUND Jewish
From German Seele meaning "soul" and Freund meaning "friend".