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Type Surname (from location)
Usage Russian, Literature
Scripts Ростов, Ростова(Russian)
Other Forms FormsRostova
Meaning & History
Either derived from Rostov Oblast, a Russian federal subject, the town of Rostov in Yaroslavl Oblast, or Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city in the Rostov Oblast. This is also the surname of multiple characters from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel "War and Peace".