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Question: If someone's name is Cohen (also Katz, Rappaport, etc!.), what is the chance that they are a Kohen!?
What percentage of each are really Kohanim!? also Levi, Levitan, Horowitz, etc!. for Levites!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Cohen could easily be mistaken for Kohen back when a lot of people were illiterate and the person writing the name had to write what he heard!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Your question came through to the genealogy forum, but you are in breach of the yahoo guidelines because it isn't very clear!.

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