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I have the surname Spokony, I have not encountered or heard of anyone with this name outside of my own family. I know that it is of Russian origin because it is similar to the pronunciation of the Russian word for calm when written phonetically. If anybody can give me any info or just an idea of how to go about learning more I would be very grateful.
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Spokony, Spokoine, Spokoini, Spokojny, Spokoyni come from Russian spokojny (спокоить) 'calm, silent, relaxed'. You might also be interested in the genealogical information at tinyurl.com/pw28pxo and tinyurl.com/ka9ajmq. You'll find distributional information on Spokony at http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=spokony and http://www.411.com/name/spokony/.
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