Thread:CureHibiki/@comment-25034020-20171216114835/@comment-26868869-20180103202044

"Zylberstein" is a jewellery work related surname. Surnames related to work or places or ending with -sohn (because jewish surnames back then went like "son of/daughter of (father)) were common after Ashkenazic jewish people were forced to take on new surnames with which they were taxed in 1800ish Middle & Eastern Europe. A similar process happened to my home East frisia during France's rule and the creation of family registers. Most East frisians didn't have last names and just chose something that came to mind, this is why some folks here have funny sounding names.

Anyways Zylber is more common for the naming sense, you have a few people named Zylbermann or Zylber by itself than you'd see someone named Silber. But variations exist of course. Simply the german spelling spelling of Silber is probably more known to people.