JEWISH CLANS *
The clan of Churgin
Family Crest
- Last name translations Churgin
- Related articles Происхождение фамилии Хургин
About the family coat-of-arms
We are still searching for the family crest
Origin of Churgin name
The name Hurgin is rather rare. About such names one can say with high degree of certainty that all people with this name are relatives.
Dr. Alexander Beider in his dictionary of names of Russian Jews suggests a very interesting origin of the name. He says that apparently the name Hurgin is a derivative of the name Horeg
that in turn comes from the Hebrew word "horeg" - standing out. By this word people also called (and continue to call today) step children (ben horeg).
All people from this family come from Belorussia (Pinsk, Bobruisk, Parichi, Vitebsk, Minsk). Today members of this family lives in the USA, Israel and Russia.
Dear representatives of the Churgin clan
We would like to invite you to help us ressurect the history of your family, to link up the branches of your family tree and to find relatives abroad. Among Jews, due to the manner in which family names were acquired and passed down, there are relatively few people who, although unrelated, bear the same surname as one another. The majority of Jewish people who bear a certain family name can usually trace their roots back to a common ancestor about 5-6 generations back. Further, when two Jewish people bear the same surname, they are usually members of the same broader 'clan', descended of the same extended family.Resurrect your History - for he, who owns the Past also owns the Future.
Let your family be entered into the Book of Generations!
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*Major part of the data on etymology and geography of the family names for the beginning of the 20th century is taken from the works of Dr. Alexander Beider (see bibliography)