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Thanks... I found some candidates but I have had a hard time verifying both their existence as surnames and their existence as Jewish surnames

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1.Bacolas as a surname meaning "Grocer" does exist as a Greek surname, I haven't found it among Greek Jews yet;
2.Caroz as a surname meaning "herald" seems to have some meaning but I can't find it as a surname, even less as a Jewish surname;
3.Epomedos as a surname meaning "neck and shoulder" or "highest point of a ship" goes nowhere when I search;
4.Stavres which should mean stake, pole or pale gets me into results for stavros which means cross and is definitely a christian surname not a Jewish one;

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5.Rubelevitz may be the best option so far but the ending "vitz" is not really Greek, of course it means "son of [behold, a son]" then

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6.Sirioti ("from Serres" I haven't found the etymology of Serres) while what may be the best option of all is

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7.Vehoropoulos meaning "son of the first born" but it doesn't produce any results of people with that surname, instead I get results for people with the surname "Veropoulos" and then a last alternative would be

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8.Voussouky which does seem Greek but I can't find neither meaning nor use as a Surname, even less as a Jewish surname).