Is every last name that ends with "man" a Jewish last name?

Goldman for example.

Is every last name that ends with "man" a Jewish last name?
No. Surnames that end in "man" are usually German in origin. The reason so many Jewish surnames end in "man" is because a great many Jews lived in Germany and have German surnames. Historically, Jews did not have permanent family surnames.





One reason for the frequency of German names among Jews is that in 1787, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which controlled a substantial part of Europe, required Jews to register a permanent family surname, so the overwhelming majority of Jewish surnames created for that registration were German ones.





Russian Jews have Russian surnames, Polish Jews have Polish surnames, etc. Cohen and Levy are the two most common Jewish surnames in the United States. Many German gentiles have surnames ending with "man."
Reply:No. Most last names of that sort describe what a person did (the way Johnson started as John's Son, Goldman would have started as Gold-Man, or a banker) So many jews ended up with this style last name as did germans and poles.
Reply:no.........i know many jews who have surnames lik frank........by the way if u check in ur library u might find a book:the diary of anne frank ,a jew.
Reply:Not necessarily. There are lots of German last names that end with "man" and they aren't all jewish.
Reply:no my freind name is jordan golden
Reply:No, and there are exceptions I suppose but you will find a lot of german last name end in "man" a great many jewish last names end in "witz".
Reply:No... my last name is Hoffman, and I am definitely not Jewish...
Reply:no, my name doesnt end with man....MAN
Reply:Walt Whittman was not Jewish to the best of my knowledge.
Reply:That and Stein, I find, are the usual Jewish last names.