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Russian-Jewish surnames (22 P) Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,287 total.
Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's family name, given name, and patronymic name in East Slavic cultures in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union . They are used commonly in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and to a lesser ...
Common places used as surnames include Dibra, Laci, Shkodra, Prishtina, Delvina, Koroveshi and Permeti, as well as the famous Frasheri surname of the Frasheri family. Additionally common some names indicate regional origins: Gega/Gegaj (for one of Gheg origin ), Tosku/Toskaj (signifying Tosk origin) and Chami (for Cham origin ).
Slavic name suffixes. A Slavic name suffix is a common way of forming patronymics, family names, and pet names in the Slavic languages. Many, if not most, Slavic last names are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names and other words. Most Slavic surnames have suffixes which are found in varying degrees over the different ...
Russian Mennonite surnames (79 P) R. Russian-language surnames (1 C, 2,284 P) S. Surnames of Caucasian origin (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Surnames of ...
This category is for surnames originated among Slavic peoples, i.e., peoples who speak Slavic languages. Often the origins of these surnames is difficult to pinpoint, since the three cultures have common origins and heavy mutual influence.
Russian-language surnames (1 C, 2,284 P) U. Ukrainian-language surnames (817 P) Pages in category "East Slavic-language surnames" The following 59 pages are in ...
Ivanov, Ivanoff or Ivanow (masculine, Bulgarian: Иванов, Russian: Иванов [1] ), or Ivanova (feminine, Bulgarian: Иванова, Russian: Иванова) is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the male given name Ivan (related to John) and literally means "Ivan's".