Browse Submitted Surnames

Panibudlaska Ukrainian, Russian (Rare)
From the Cossack nickname, derived from the Ukrainian vocative phrase пані, будь ласка! (pani, bud laska!) meaning "Lady, please!".

Pankiv Ukrainian
Possibly a variant of Panchenko or from Ukrainian пані (pani), meaning "lady, respected woman, mrs.".

Panteleyev m Russian
Means "son of Panteley".

Pantović Serbian

Pantyukh Ukrainian

Panyuk Ukrainian
A form of Panchenko.

Panzer German
Metonymic occupational name for an armorer from Middle High German panzier "mailcoat" (Old French pancier "armor for the stomach, body armor" from Late Latin).

Parankevich Belarusian (?)

Parapeyka Belarusian

Parashchenko Ukrainian

Parashchuk Ukrainian

Parasyevich Russian

Parfelyuk Ukrainian

Parkhomyuk Ukrainian

Parsadanov m Russian

Parshin m Russian

Parubiy m Ukrainian

Pasechnik Russian
Means "beekeeper" in Russian. Leonid Pasechnik is the leader of the LNR.

Pashayev Azerbaijani (Expatriate)
Simplified spelling of Paşayev.

Pashchenko Ukrainian

Pashkov m Russian
Means "son of Pashka 2".

Pashukov m Russian

Paton Ukrainian

Patsay Siberian (?)

Pautskiy m Russian

Pavchinskiy m Russian

Pavle Slovak
From the given name Pavol.

Pavluk Ukrainian
Variant of Pavlyuk.

Pavlychenko Ukrainian
Variant of Pavlenko.

Pavlysko Rusyn (Ukrainianized)
Means "son of Pavlo".

Pavlyuchenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Pavlyuchkov.

Pavlyuchkov m Russian

Pavlyukov m Russian
Russian form of Pavlyuk.

Pavlyukovskiy m Russian
Variant of Pavlyukov.

Pavulyak Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
Likely from the given name Pavlo.

Pawlovich Belarusian
Belarusian form of Pavlovich.

Paznyak Belarusian
Means "late one", from Belarusian пазней (pazniej), meaning "late".

Pechkunov m Russian

Peeler German (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Bühler.

Pekhenko Ukrainian

Peremena Russian
Means "change".

Perepechin m Russian

Pereryadov m Russian

Peretyatko Ukrainian

Pereverchik Russian

Pereverzev m Russian

Perevodchik Russian
Means "translator" in Russian.

Perevozchik Russian, Belarusian
Means "carrier". It is a Russian last name, but it also present in Belarus.

Perevozchikov Russian
A form of Perevozchik.

Perezhogin m Russian

Perfilov m Russian

Perfilyev m Russian

Perkhiyev m Russian

Perohanych Ukrainian

Pershin m Russian
From Russian перший (pershiy), meaning "first". Probably denoted to a first born child.

Pervushin m Russian
Possibly derived from первый (pervyy) meaning first.

Peshko Ukrainian
Variant of Peshkov.

Peshkov m Russian
Derived from Russian пешка (peshka), meaning "pawn".

Petlyukh Ukrainian

Petlyura Ukrainian (?)

Petrasov m Russian
Probably related to Pyotr.

Petrosanyak Ukrainian

Petrovskiy m Russian
Alternate transcription of Petrovsky.

Petru Romanian (Rare)
From the given name Petru.

Petrunkevich Belarusian
From a diminutive of Piotr.

Petrykin m Russian

Pets Ukrainian (?)

Pevtsov m Russian
Means "son of the singer", from Russian певец (pevets) "singer".

Pezyarev m Russian

Pichaykin m Russian

Pikalov m Russian
Means "from Pikalovo, Pikalevo, Pikalev" or other similar sounding places. These are the names of various Russian villages.

Pilipchuk Ukrainian (Russified), Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Russified and Belarusianised form of Pylypchuk. Pilipchuk was the maiden name of the Belarusian oppositionist Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

Pilnovatykh Ukrainian (?), Russian (?)

Pinchuk Ukrainian

Pinchukov m Russian
Russian form of Pinchuk.

Pipa Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian surname of unknown meaning.

Pirvelashvili Georgian

Piryatin m Russian

Pishchulin m Russian

Piskunov m Russian

Pivnenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian півночі (pivnochi), meaning "midnight".

Pivobarov m Russian

Pivov m Russian
From Russian пиво (pivo), meaning "beer".

Pivovarov m Russian

Plehve Dutch

Plekhanov m Russian

Plekhov m Russian

Pleshnev m Russian

Pleve Dutch (Russified)
Russified form of Plehve.

Pliskanovskyy Ukrainian

Plyushchenko Ukrainian
Derieved from Ukrainian плющ (plyushch), meaning "ivy".

Pobedonostsev m Russian
Derived from Russian победоносный (pobedonósnyj) meaning "victorious, triumphant". Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827-1907) was a Russian jurist and statesman who served as an adviser to three Russian emperors.

Podavalov m Russian

Podlesskiy m Russian

Podluzny Ukrainian, Rusyn

Podoprigora Russian

Podryabinikin m Russian

Podshivalov m Russian
From Russian подшивать (podshivat'), meaning "to hem (sew)".

Podsolnushek Russian, Belarusian
Means "sunflower".

Pohranychnyy m Ukrainian
Means "on the border", from Ukrainian границя (hranytsya), meaning "border", and the prefix по- (po-), meaning "by, on, in, to". Denoted to a person living near a border.

Pokachalov m Russian

Pokatskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Pokacki.

Pokhabych Russian

Poklad Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "deposit".

Poklonskiy m Russian

Pokrovskiy m Russian

Poleshchuk Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Polishchuk.

Poleshuk Ukrainian (Russified), Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Variant of Poleshchuk or northern (Belarusian) variant of Polishchuk.

Poliak Ukrainian, Slovak
Ukrainian cognate and Slovak variant of Polák.

Poljak Croatian
Means "Polish". It is a cognate of Polyak.

Poloneychik Russian, Belarusian (Russified, ?)

Polovets Ukrainian
From Ukrainian половець (polovets), meaning "a Polovtsian (Cuman, Kipchak)". Polovtsians are an old ethnic group from Central Asia.

Poltorak Ukrainian

Poluektov m Russian

Polukhutenko Ukrainian

Polyak Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Poliak.

Polyanskyy m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian поляна (polyana), meaning "clearing in a field".

Ponimatkin m Russian
From Russian понимать (ponimat'), meaning "to understand".

Ponińska f Polish
Feminine form of Poniński.

Ponomaryov m Russian

Popinako Greek (?), Russian (?)

Popovych Ukrainian
Cognate of Popović.

Porechenkov m Russian

Poroshenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian порох (porokh) meaning "(gun)powder, dust", used as an occupational name for someone who made or sold gunpowder. A notable bearer is the former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (1965-).

Porshenev m Russian

Poskrebyshev m Russian

Pospiech Polish

Postolnikov m Russian

Postoyalko Russian
From Russian постоял (postoyal), meaning "stood".

Potapenko Ukrainian

Povkh Ukrainian
Means "ground rat" in Ukrainian.

Pozdeyev m Russian

Pozdnukhov m Russian

Pozdnyakov m Russian

Pozhidayev m Russian

Poznyak Belarusian (Russified), Belarusian
Variant and Russified form of Paznyak.

Pranevich Belarusian

Pravdyuk Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian правда (pravda), meaning "truth, justice".

Predybaylo Russian

Presnyakov m Russian

Prigozhin m Russian
From Russian пригожий (prigozhiy), meaning "beautiful, pretty". Prigozhin was the last name of Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner PMC until 2023 when he died in a plane crash... [more]

Prilepin m Russian

Pritulak Ukrainian (Polonized, Rare)
A very rare Polonisation of the Ukrainian surname Prytulyak.

Prokazov m Russian

Prokhorchenko Ukrainian

Prokhorchuk Ukrainian

Prokhorikhin m Russian

Prokhorskyy m Ukrainian

Prokin m Russian

Prokof'yev m Russian

Pronin m Russian

Proskurov m Russian

Protsenko Ukrainian

Protsvetov m Russian

Protsyuk Ukrainian

Proydakov m Russian

Pryhoda Ukrainian

Prykhodko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian приходить (prykhodit'), meaning "comes, walks to".

Prymachenko Ukrainian

Pryshlyak Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
Means "one who walks", from Ukrainian прийшли (pryyshly), meaning "walked".

Prystayko Ukrainian

Prytkov m Russian

Prytulyak Ukrainian
From Ukrainian притуляк (prytulyak), meaning "refugee" in Ukrainian, literally "shelter person, person who seeks shelter". It is not the common term for a refugee (біженець, bizhenets').

Pshenichnyy m Russian
Means "wheaty".

Pshonka Ukrainian, Belarusian
Derived from Ukrainian "пшоно (pshono)" meaning "millet".

Psyuk Ukrainian

Ptushko Russian
Means "little bird".

Pukhov m Russian
From Russian пух (pukh), meaning "fluff".

Pul'nyashenko Ukrainian

Purishkevich Belarusian

Pushilin m Russian
Denis Pushilin is the head of the DNR.

Pushkarev m Russian

Pushkinenko Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian form of Pushkin.

Putilin m Russian

Putintsev m Russian
Variant of Putin.

Putkaradze Georgian

Putsin m Russian (Belarusianized)
Belarusianised form of Putin.

Pyatalov m Russian
From Russian пять (pyat'), meaning "five".

Pyekha Russian

Pylypchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Pylypenko.

Pylypenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Pylyp".

Pyoryshkin m Russian
From Russian пёрышко (pyoryshko), meaning "feather".

Pyurko Ukrainian

Pyyasyuk Ukrainian

Qadıyev m Crimean Tatar

Qasimzade Azerbaijani (Expatriate)
Simplified form of Qasımzadə.

Qatamadze Georgian

Qırımlı Crimean Tatar
Means "from Crimea", from Къырым (Qırım) "Crimea".

Rabkin m Russian

Rabotenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian word for "work"

Radak Arabic (Egyptian), South Slavic

Radin m Russian
From the old Slavic name element радъ (radŭ), meaning "happy, willing".

Radukan Romanian (Ukrainianized), Romanian (Russified)
Ukrainianised and Russified form of Răducan.

Radyuk Ukrainian
A form of Radchenko.

Radyvanyuk Ukrainian
Means "from Radyvanivka".

Radzhabov m Central Asian

Raguzin m Russian
Derived from рагу (ragu) meaning stew or soup.

Rakhimavich Russian
Form of Rakhimovich used more towards Belarus.

Rakhimovich Russian

Raksha Russian, Ukrainian

Rakuta Russian (?)

Ralenok Belarusian, Jewish (?)

Rapaić Serbian, Croatian

Rapakov m Russian

Rasate Bulgarian

Rashchenya Russian (?)

Rašić Serbian

Rassadin Russian

Rastorguyev m Russian

Ratnikov m Russian
Means "son of the warrior", from Russian ратник (ratnik).

Rawdanowicz Polish

Rayevskiy m Russian

Razakov m Russian

Razin m Russian

Razumovskiy m Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Rozumovskyy.

Razumovsky m Ukrainian (Russified)
Variant transcription of Razumovskiy.

Razzhivaykin m Russian

Rebikov m Russian

Rebrov m Russian

Red'ko Ukrainian, Russian
From Ukrainian and Russian редька (red'ka), meaning "radish".

Refatov m Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Refat".

Reihs Polish (Germanized, Rare)

Repchak Rusyn

Reshetnyak m Russian

Reşidov m Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Reşid".

Reva Ukrainian

Revnivtsev m Russian

Revyakin m Russian

Reynysh ? (Ukrainianized)

Rezanov m Russian

Reznicek m Czech
Anglicised form of Řezníček.

Reznik Russian, Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish "רעזניק (reznik)" meaning butcher.... [more]

Reznyk Ukrainian, Yiddish (Ukrainianized)
Derived from Yiddish "רעזניק (reznik)" meaning butcher.

Rezvan Persian, Russian

Rikov m Russian

Rimkus m Lithuanian

Rimskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified, ?)

Rizayev Uzbek

Rm Indonesian

Rodak Rusyn
Rusyn form of Rođak.

Rodenkov m Russian

Rodina Russian
Means motherland or homeland in Russian.

Rodoman Russian (?)

Rogala Polish (?), Hebrew (?)

Rogozin m Russian

Rohachevskyy m Ukrainian

Rohovyy m Ukrainian
Means "horn (adjective)" in Ukrainian.

Roshchepa Russian
Means "grove".

Rossikhin m Russian

Rossiya Russian
Means "Russia" in Russian.

Rostkowski m Polish

Roy Ukrainian (?)

Rozanov m Russian
From Russian роза (roza), meaning "rose". Denoted to a person living by a rose patch.

Rozenberg Yiddish (Russified)
A form of Rosenberg used for Cyrillic script languages. Aleksandr Rozenberg is the (as of 2024) current prime minister of Transnistria.

Rozhdestvenskiy m Russian
From Russian рождественский (rozhdestvenskiy), meaning "Christmas (adjective)".

Rozhko Ukrainian, Russian
From Ukrainian and Russian рожок (rozhok), a diminutive form of the word "horn" in both langauges.

Rozhnev m Russian

Rozumovskyy m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian розуміти (rozumity), meaning "to understand".

Rozvadovs'kyy m Ukrainian
Bohdan Rozvadovs'kyy, better known as SadSvit, is a popular singer in Ukraine.

Rozvan' Hungarian (Russified)
Russified form of Rozvány.

Rozvány Hungarian

Rshevskiy m Russian, Jewish
Russian form of Rszewski.

Rubanov m Russian

Rubanyak Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
Variant of Rubanov.

Rubizhnyy m Russian

Rubtsenko Ukrainian (Rare)
From Ukrainian рубець (rubets'), meaning "scar".

Rubtsov m Russian

Rudakov m Russian

Rudik Russian, Ukrainian (Russified), Yiddish (?)
Nickname for a person with red hair.

Rudyk Ukrainian, Yiddish (?)
Nickname for a person with red hair.

Rudzutak Polish

Rukhadze Georgian

Rukoleyev m Russian

Rumyantsev m Russian

Runikov m Russian

Runov m Russian

Rusalkin m Russian
Derived from русалка (rusalka), a creature in Slavic folklore.

Rushalkin m Russian

Rusin m Russian

Rusiňak Rusyn
Czech variant spelling of Rusynyak.

Ruski m Polish
Probably means "Russian".

Ruskykh Ukrainian, Russian (Ukrainianized)
Means "a Russian", from Ukrainian руський (rus'kyy) "Russian". It can also derived from the Russian word русский (russkiy), with the same meaning.

Rusnak Rusyn
Variant of Rusynyak.

Rusnyak Ukrainian (Rare)
From dialectal Ukrainian русня (rusnya), meaning "Russian".

Rustamov Azerbaijani (Expatriate)
Simplified form of Rüstəmov used outside the Turkic world.

Rusynyak Rusyn
Means "Rusyn".

Rutkovskiy m Russian

Ruus Estonian
Ruus is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kruus" meaning "mug", "shingle" and "ballast". Possibly derived from "rüüs" meaning "frilled".

Ruzayev m Russian

Ruzhechko Ukrainian

Ruznyayev m Russian (?)

Ryabichev m Russian

Ryaboshapka Ukrainian

Ryakhovskiy m Russian, Jewish

Ryan Korean (Russified)
Form of Ryang used by Koreans in Russia.

Ryazanskiy m Russian
Means "from Ryazan".

Ryazantsev m Russian
Denotes to a person from Ryazan'.

Rybal'chenko Ukrainian
Derived from a Slavic word meaning "fish". ... [more]

Rybintsev m Russian
Means "from Rybinsk".

Rychkov m Russian