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Re: Is Zacharias surname Jewish?
Posted by: Sharon A. Brown	Date: February 03, 2001 at 12:15:39
In Reply to: Is Zacharias surname Jewish? by Sissy Norris	of 150

Well, I'm not an expert, but I have at least one Jewish Zacharias in my family that hails from Bomst, Germany. They are reputed to have been matzoh bakers, so I suspect they were most definately Jewish.

That doesn't necessarily mean that all Zachariases everywhere were Jewish, including yours -- although that bit about swearing on the Old Testament is a good clue. Last names aren't indicative of the religion of the family, even two hundred years ago.

Followups:

Re: Is Zacharias surname Jewish? Andrew Zacharias 3/16/08
Re: Is Zacharias surname Jewish? Dan Zacharias 2/27/05
- Re: Is Zacharias surname Jewish? Wayne Zacharias 4/19/07

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