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[Opinions] Re: Thoughts on the name..

by ari.

12/6/2021, 9:41 AM

I don't think Czar is used as a surname anywhere in Eastern Europe, for what it's worth. Czar is actually the Polish word for spell, while Tsar is Car, and it doesn't follow the naming conventions of any EE language/culture I'm aware of. A quick Google search reveals no social media profiles with the surname Czar in Eastern Europe. Forebears says it's most common in Afghanistan, but as we all know, it's a shaky source.

masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080

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- Manipura (glaucous) +1

12/6/2021, 10:10 AM

Oh, ok. I think it is/was used in the US, though isn't common (I was looking at ancestry.com, and it said there were 9,000 records, and probably originated from a NN). I wouldn't be surprised if it was a variation of something like Czarny or Czarkowski or Czarnecki (in which case it'd probably be derived from black?). It was common for immigrants to simplify or anglicize surnames.

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- ari.

12/6/2021, 12:40 PM

Oh yeah, that might be the case.

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