The Last Shall Be First, and The First Last: Do you remember what position Z occupied in the Hebrew alphabet? It was the seventh letter. And, it entered the Roman alphabet at position number seven as well. Then, it was judged to be useless (by Appius Claudius Caecus) and thrown out. It was replaced by the letter G. When Z was added back two centuries later, it was assigned to the end of the queue. As for Ziepolt: probably German and very rare. St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery. [2018]
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