The following data were extracted from the Amtsblatt der königlichen Regierung zu Danzig, No. 29-33, published in 1817 (Library of Congress call number JS7.G3 D3), which contain lists of surnames adopted by Jewish citizens found in Danzig when it was reoccupied by Prussia in 1814, following Napoleon's defeat. All information contained in the original is presented below.

Each entry is described by the following fields: Number, the corresponding line number in the original publication (except 586a,b, which appear together as 586, but are separated here); Old Name, the name (usually including patronymic) of the person prior to adopting a surname; New Surname, the surname adopted; Marital Status for some of the women on the list; Husband's Old Name for some of the previously married women on the list; Notes about the entries, not part of the original, except for "New name X," which indicates that, in addition to acquiring a new surname, the rest of the person's name changed (at least, as printed in this publication).

[Update May 1, 2015; June 25, 2018] Many note fields contain links to scans of residential registration cards (meldekarte) on szukajwarchiwach.pl, which can contain additional information including birth date and place, death date, and the same for spouse and children, as well as a dated list of residential addresses within Danzig. The connections between people on this surname adoption list and people in the registration cards are speculative and based on shared name, consistent birth date (i.e., early enough to have been an adult in 1814), and Jewish religion (stated in the cards). After following a registration card link, you might want to download the image by scrolling down and clicking the Pobierz/Download link at the bottom. Be sure to click the Nastepny/Next link at the top right to check for additional pages (often one, sometimes two or more). Registration cards for surnames on this list starting from Herrmann have not yet been scanned.

[Update October 5, 2016] Note fields updated with speculative links to information about pre-surname adoption purchasers of Judenporzellan.

Surnames have been capitalized for ease of recognition, but are not capitalized in the original. Although there is no capital ß in German, this has been used in the capitalized spellings to indicate that it appears in the original lower case. A question mark following a name indicates difficulty reading the original.

If you have further identifying information about any of these people, please contact us. Thanks to Logan Kleinwaks for data entry and Roger Lustig for proofreading. Thanks to the following people for contributing notes to this list: Logan Kleinwaks, Roger Lustig, Jonathan Borchard.