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in reply to a message by Yannis
-ov/-ev/-ic are the common Slavic endings. The endings -evski/ovski were instituted in Macedonia in the 1940s to help ethnic Macedonians differentiate themselves from Serbs and Bulgarians.
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There are two possibilities for Stefanovski:
1. "Stefan" (Engl. Stephen, Russian Stepan) is a male Christian name. "Stefanovo" is a name of village. "Stefanovski" can be the family name for a person having his origins in "Stefanovo".
2. "Stefan" (Stephen) is a male Christian name. "Stefanov" (Russian Stepanov) is a family name for the "sons of Stefan". Decades ago, in the land presently known as FYROM (Rep. of Macedonia), people having the family name "Stefanov" were forced to change it to "Stefanovski".
1. "Stefan" (Engl. Stephen, Russian Stepan) is a male Christian name. "Stefanovo" is a name of village. "Stefanovski" can be the family name for a person having his origins in "Stefanovo".
2. "Stefan" (Stephen) is a male Christian name. "Stefanov" (Russian Stepanov) is a family name for the "sons of Stefan". Decades ago, in the land presently known as FYROM (Rep. of Macedonia), people having the family name "Stefanov" were forced to change it to "Stefanovski".
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