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Archivesto what ethnic background the last name was originally associted with
I was born Russia, the last name is from my grandfather on my fathers side, he was from Ukraine. But he told me that his ancestors originally immigrated to Russia in 1700s from Poland. So i would like to find out in which nation was this last name originally originated.
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I searched a bunch of genealogy sites and it seems most common in Poland and the Prussian part of Germany. Jim Young can probably help more, but if I had to make a guess maybe it is from the first name Lazarus ...
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I would agree with all that.
The name is extant in Poland as Lazik and £azik, but not common, a couple of hundred of each. It was there in the 18th century so Poland is probably the ancestral home. Of course, Ukraine was part of the Polish Commonwealth in the 18th century. Then in the late 18th c. Eastern Poland, Ukraine, et al. became part of the Russian Empire. So I suppose in theory it's possible for a family to be Polish or Ukrainian Polish, then Russian without moving from the one spot.
The name is extant in Poland as Lazik and £azik, but not common, a couple of hundred of each. It was there in the 18th century so Poland is probably the ancestral home. Of course, Ukraine was part of the Polish Commonwealth in the 18th century. Then in the late 18th c. Eastern Poland, Ukraine, et al. became part of the Russian Empire. So I suppose in theory it's possible for a family to be Polish or Ukrainian Polish, then Russian without moving from the one spot.
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Thank you for the replies, it is 10 years later! I do have the answer my grandmother told me that the original name was Lazinsky which would put me in Poland.
Thank you
Vlad
Thank you
Vlad
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There is no one named Lazinsky in Poland as you can see at tinyurl.com/y85w549x so that would have to be Łaziński which is derived from Łaziń, a placename in Łódź Voivodeship.
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