What Happened To All The Old Testament Hebrew Names?

   As I dilligently study my Old Testament I am constantly faced with a very large number of interesting Hebrew names. 
   As a layman of Anthropology, specifically Linguistics, I have to wonder:

                              What Happened To All Those Names?

  There are hundreds and hundreds of names that just seem to have disappeared from the face of the earth...  Why and how?

  Sure there are still David's and Solomon's and Levi's around, but when compared with the names in the New Testament which are still nearly all widespread;   It seems to me that a suspiciously large number of names have been lost to mankind's culture.  There must be a reason for this. 

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