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Re: Khayutin
there is such a name khayuta in yiddish and hebrew it "in" in russia means belongs to - like Dunin, Dvorkin, and even Lenin (belongs to Lena) if the name is jewish like Dvorka or Duna it's a jewish name if it's russian it's a russian name
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So probably denoting descent from a woman named Khayuta, and likely to be Jewish.
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