as a Last Name
- 4,757
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Margolis
Meaning & Origins
Jewish (from Belarus, Lithuania, and northeastern Poland): from the female personal name Margolis, meaning ‘pearls’ in Hebrew. The Hebrew word is ultimately of Greek origin, as in Greek margaron, margaritēs ‘pearl’ (see Margetts).
| 7,096th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,757
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Margolis per capita
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