Last name Mendelsohn (Mendelsohn 
, מנדלסון , Мендельсон 
) , in the entire world, is quite a common family name. The cognomen Mendelsohn is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common surname, Namibia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Zimbabwe, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, Israel, and Russia.
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| Mendelsohn | United Kingdom, South Africa, United States, Canada, Israel |
| מנדלסון | Israel |
| Мендельсон | Russia, Ukraine, Belarus |
Mendelson, Mendelssohn, and ניחם
| moses mendelsohn German author, DE (b. 1782) |
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uszer mendelsohn PL (b. 1873) |
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erich mendelsohn Jewish German architect, US (b. 1887) |
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| samuel mendelsohn American rabbi, LT (b. 1850) |
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| henriette mendelsohn German author, DE (b. 1856) |
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| chaja mendelsohn holocaust victim, b. 1857-12-19, CZ (b. 1857) |
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| berta mendelsohn holocaust victim, b. 1857-12-15, DE (b. 1857) |
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benjamín mendelsohn RO (b. 1900) |
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| louis mendelsohn holocaust victim, b. 1860-08-24 (b. 1860) |
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| helene mendelsohn holocaust victim, b. 1861-09-07, DE (b. 1861) |
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| jenny mendelsohn holocaust victim, b. 1862-07-05, DE (b. 1862) |
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| pauline mendelsohn holocaust victim, b. 1862-07-01 (b. 1862) |
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| david mendelsohn (b. 1854) |
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| martha mendelsohn holocaust victim, b. 1864-01-06, RU (b. 1864) |
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| max mendelsohn holocaust victim, b. 1865-04-14 (b. 1865) |
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