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I was looking at your reply with regard to the pronounciation of the surname Svirzocsky (hope I got that right). You mentioned the fact that various stresses on syllables differ depending on the ethnic background of the surname.

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Well, I'm really interested in Eastern European names and surnames, and would like to know the syllable-stressing (or the like) rules for Ukrainian surnames. You said "Then there's Ukrainian!" and I instantly got really excited and wanted to know about pronounciation. I initially thought that Ukrainian surnames had a lot of emphasis on the first syllable, but this is just from listening to one surname from one fluent speaker.

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Thank you in advance.

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