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[Surname] Re: Solomon
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The use of Solomon goes way back to the biblical times of the wise Jewish King Shlomoh (http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=salamon&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or)

As a sidenote, the national poet of Greece -- he wrote the words of the Greek national anthem in the 1800s-- is Dionyssis Solomos, who signed as Salomon. Most Greeks today (including myself up to very recently) are under the false impression that his name was actually related to "salmo", the latin word for salmon :)
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Thanks for sharing that!
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Solomon belongs to many nationalities:

Britain
Romania
Hungary
France
Italy (regional surname from Venice area)
Poland
and so on

More than 2,000 Solomon have arrrived in New York from 1890 up to 1920
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Thanks for sharing that with me!
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