https://x.com/ShadesOfBlueAn1/status/2115245734291513660

And even I didn't believe this at first but I had AI run the PDF of the announcement with the names and it picked 39 as being Indian names plus there's one Turd with a Indian Christian name so that's 40

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5915483&forum_id=2#50209000)

Chinese linguistic-origin surnames: ∼33

Korean linguistic-origin surnames: ∼7 - Kang, Kim x2, Ahn, Choi, Ha, etc.

Japanese linguistic-origin surnames: ∼1 - Oki

Combined Chinese + Japanese + Korean = ∼41 out of 161

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5915483&forum_id=2#50209459)

so its prob arnd 85ish nowags, nowigs, maybe a paki or two

i asked it to search for jew names but it wldnt let me try a chink model

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5915483&forum_id=2#50209631)

Approximate breakdown of 154 listed scholars

Tentative surname-origin category Count

East Asian (Chinese/Korean/Japanese) 45

South Asian (Indian/Sri Lankan/Nepali/Bengali/Pakistani etc.) 39

British Isles (English/Scottish/Irish/Welsh) 30

Germanic/Dutch/Nordic 13

Hispanic/Portuguese/Spanish 11

Ambiguous/mixed/uncertain 10

Southeast Asian (Thai/Vietnamese) 3

Eastern European/Slavic/Jewish 2

French/other European 1

Clear Middle Eastern/Arabic/Persian only 0

Total 154

lol actually not many kikes:

Short answer: **very few surnames on this list are distinctly “Jewish-sounding.”** Most are either common German/English names that Jews also use, or ambiguous Eastern/Sephardic possibilities. Surname etymology ≠ identity.

## Stronger/possible Jewish-sounding surnames

| Surname | Scholar | Why it’s flagged | Confidence |

|---|---|---|---|

| **Sigalov** | Eric Sigalov (NJ) | Slavicized form related to **Segal/Sigal** (Hebrew levite abbreviation); common Ashkenazi Jewish surname | **Strong** |

| **Frank** | William Reiss Frank (NY) | German/Yiddish surname; very common among Ashkenazi Jews, but also common German/English | **Moderate** |

| **Mann** | Daniel Benedetto Mann (VT) | German/Yiddish; common Jewish surname, also German/English | **Moderate** |

| **Reiss** | William **Reiss** Frank (NY) — middle name, not final surname | German/Yiddish; often Jewish, also German Christian | **Moderate, if counting middle names** |

## Weaker/speculative possibilities

| Surname | Scholar | Note |

|---|---|---|

| **Grassnick** | Anderson A Grassnick (NM) | German/Slavic-looking; not a classic Jewish marker. Possible but speculative. |

| **Ponichter** | Gabriel Ross Ponichter (NY) | Eastern European-looking; could be Jewish, but not clearly identifiable. |

| **Soffra** | Bryson A Soffra (MS) | Could resemble **Soffer/Sofer** (“scribe” in Hebrew), but could also be Italian/Maltese. Very speculative. |

| **Chanes** | Melissa Francesca Chanes (SC) | Possibly Sephardic/Ladino-adjacent, but also Hispanic; speculative. |

| **DaSilva** | Alexandra Danciu DaSilva (MI) | Sephardic Jewish ancestry is possible for some Portuguese surnames, but **DaSilva** is overwhelmingly Portuguese Catholic; not “Jewish-sounding” without context. |

| **Velasco** | Gaby Velasco (American Abroad) | Some Hispanic surnames have Sephardic possibilities, but **Velasco** is common Hispanic and not distinctly Jewish. |

## Bottom line

If you mean **distinctly Jewish/Ashkenazi or Hebrew-derived surnames**, the clearest candidate is **Sigalov**. The best “possible but not definitive” cluster is **Frank, Mann, and Reiss** (with Reiss as a middle name). **Grassnick, Ponichter, Soffra, and Chanes** are speculative at best. Names like **DaSilva** and **Velasco** can have Sephardic Jewish connections historically, but they are not “Jewish-sounding” in ordinary U.S. surname terms.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5915483&forum_id=2#50209640)