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ArchivesSome surname elements
If anyone has a vaguely ethnic-sounding surname but has no idea which nationality it derives from, here are a few helpful hints if your surname ends in or contains these elements:
-ski is likely to be Polish.
-sky is more likely to be Russian (these two get mixed up a lot.)
-ak is Slovak.
-enko is almost infalliably Ukranian.
-vic is likely from Yugoslavia.
-vich is often confused with 'vic' but is from Russian, not Yugoslavian, origin.
-vici, also often confused with the two above, is Serbian.
-off, -ov, -ev, and -eff are probably Russian.
-iak is Ukranian.
-wicz or any cz combination really, is likely Polish.
I'll be back with more later if I can!
JC
-ski is likely to be Polish.
-sky is more likely to be Russian (these two get mixed up a lot.)
-ak is Slovak.
-enko is almost infalliably Ukranian.
-vic is likely from Yugoslavia.
-vich is often confused with 'vic' but is from Russian, not Yugoslavian, origin.
-vici, also often confused with the two above, is Serbian.
-off, -ov, -ev, and -eff are probably Russian.
-iak is Ukranian.
-wicz or any cz combination really, is likely Polish.
I'll be back with more later if I can!
JC
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