This is a partial list of family names that trace their descent back to King David. It is important to note that through the course of years and trails through many countries, variant spellings and pronunciations have evolved for many of the names.
Disclaimers:
- Omission of a family surname from this list does not exclude descendants.
- Inclusion of a surname does not necessarily guarantee descendancy from King David. For example: The descendancy of the Maharal of Prague is now in question.
| Abarbanel* |
| Adler |
Alter/Rotenberg
(Ger Chassidim) |
| Altshuler |
| Ashkenazi |
| Auerbach |
| Averels/Everels |
| Babad/Heschel* |
Bach
(descendants of Sirkes) |
| Bachrach |
| Beharier |
| Berdugo |
| Berlin/Berliner |
| Bernstein |
| Biederman |
| Birnbaum |
| Breslav Chassidim, Nakhman |
| Burstein |
| Caro/Karo |
| Charif |
| Charlap* |
| Chayes/Chayut |
| Cohen (various families) |
| Dayan* |
| Don Yechia/Ibn Yechia* |
| Edels |
| Ehrenreich |
| Ehrlich |
Eichenstein
(Zditchov Chassidim) |
| Elfandari |
| Enzel |
| Epstein* |
| Falman |
| Fishel |
| Freidensohn |
| Frenkel/Frankel* |
| Frenkel-Teomim* |
| Friedland |
| Friedman (Rizhin, Sadagora etc. Chassidim) |
| Fuchs |
| Ginzburg/Gunzburg |
| Glickman |
| Goldman |
| Gombiner |
| Gordon |
| Halberstam(ZanzChassidim) |
|
| Yisroel Karduner Halpern |
| Meshulam Shraga Feivish Halpern |
| Yehuda Leibish Halpern |
| Heilprin/Halperin* |
| Heller* |
| Helman |
| Hertzkes |
| Heschel/Babad* |
| Hillel and the Nesi’im* |
Horowitz/Hurwitz
(various Chassidim)* |
| Ish-Zvi |
| Isserles/Isserlin* |
| Itinga/Ettinger/Ittingen |
| Jaffe/Yoffe* / ** |
| Kalb |
| Kalmankes |
| Kalonymus* |
| Karo/Caro* |
Katz (Maharal of Prague)
* / ** |
| Katzenellenbogen* |
| Klauber |
| Klausner* |
| Klingberg |
| Landau |
| Lau |
| Levinsohn |
| Lichtenstadt |
| Lichtenstein |
| Lifshutz/Lipshitz |
| Loeb* |
| Loewenstam |
| Lowe* |
| Lubarsky |
| Lukashevesky (Lux) |
| Lurie/Luria* |
| Maharal of Prague * / ** |
| Malavski |
| Margolioth |
Margulies/Margolis
/Margaliot* |
| Meisels* |
| Mintzberg |
| Mirels |
| Mirkes |
Morgenstern
(Kotzk Chassidim) |
| Moskowitz |
| Yisroel Dov Odesser |
| Oknovski |
| Openheim |
| Paprosh |
| Parnas |
| Pereles |
|
| Peretz |
| Polak |
| Posner |
| Rabinowitz |
| Rapaport* |
Rashei Galut (Exilarchs)
male descent from David* |
| Rashi (descendants of daughters)* |
| Reines |
| Roffe |
| Rokeach (Belz Chassidim) |
Rotenberg/Alter
(Ger Chassidim) |
| Roth |
Rubin (Horowitz)
(Ropshitz Chassidim) |
| Rubinstein |
| Sabatka |
| Safrin |
| Sassoon* |
| Schneurson |
Schneurson
(Lubavitch Chassidim) |
| Schol |
| Schorr* |
| Segal (descendantz of “Taz”) |
| Shachor/Charny/Shwartz |
| Shapiro/Shapira.Spiro/Spira* |
| Shealtiel/Sealtiel* |
| Shereshevski |
| Shipman |
| Shrentzels* |
| Simchowitz/Simchowitch |
| Sirkes/Sirkin |
| Sonnabend |
| Spiro |
| Tamarels |
| Teomim/Teomin-Frenkel* |
| Treves/Dreyfus* |
| Twersky |
| Twersky (Chernobyl Chassidim) |
| Weil * |
| Weinberg |
Weisblum
(Lizhensk Chassidim)* |
| Widslawski |
| Winkler |
| Zak |
| Zaslovsky |
| Avrohom Zorach |
| Zifferstein |
| Zinger |
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* Primary Families **Further Research Required
