Moscowitz History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Russia

The surname Moscowitz is a patronymic surname formed by adding the Slavic suffix "-ovic" meaning "son of" to a transformation of the biblical Hebrew personal Moses ("Mosko" was a Polish pet form of the personal name Moses). Jews in Eastern and Central Europe only began to use fixed hereditary surnames near the end of the 18th century. Beginning in 1845 in Russia, Jewish people were compelled to choose or accept hereditary surnames. Because of the era when these names were assumed, it is highly unlikely that the name origins have to do with the place name Moscow.

Early Origins of the Moscowitz family

The surname Moscowitz was first found in Russia, where the name was born by members of the Jewish population of the Russian Empire.

Early History of the Moscowitz family

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Moscowitz Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Moskowitz, Moskowitch, Moskowvich, Moskovic, Moskowicz, Mocowicz, Moskovicz, Moscowitz, Moskovitz, Moskowits, Moskovits and many more.

Early Notables of the Moscowitz family

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Moscowitz migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Moscowitz Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Herman Moscowitz, who landed in Arkansas in 1875 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Moscowitz (post 1700) +

Grover M. Moscowitz, American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Senate 8th District, 1948 2

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html