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How to tell if a last name is Jewish

Last names only existed recently in Jewish history when political rulers made them mandatory for tax purposes one such ruler being Napolean

That means a last name of Levi or Cohen does not prove ancestry from a priestly line

However one might adopt a last name of Levi or Cohen in modern history if one wanted people to believe they came from a priestly line