Belarusian Submitted Surnames

ABRAMCZYK     Polish, Jewish, Belarusian
Derived from the given name ABRAHAM.

ADAMOVICH     Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Patronymic from the personal name Adam.

AKSAMIT     Polish, Ukrainian, Jewish, Belarusian, Czech
Derived from Polish aksamit meaning "velvet".

ALEXIEVICH     Belarusian
Means "son of Alexey".

BAHDANOVICH     Belarusian
Means "son of Bahdan".

BUBLIK     Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian
From bublik, a bagel-like bread roll.

BUDREVICH     Belarusian, Russian

CHARKASHYNA     Belarusian

CHAYKOV     Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Russian чайка (chayka) meaning "seagull".

CRESS     German, Jewish, Belarusian
The maiden name of my Great Grandmother.... [more]

DOMRACHEVA     Belarusian

GAVAZANSKY     Belarusian, Jewish
Means "from the town of Gavezhno". Gavezhno is a town in Belarus. For more information go here http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/newsletter/54surnames.htm

GRETZKY     Russian, Belarusian
Originally derived from an old Russian word that meant "Greek", though in modern times, the word means "Greek nut" (walnut). A notable bearer is Wayne Gretzky, a former Canadian ice hockey player.

HARBACHOŬ     Belarusian
Variant transcription of Harbachow.

HARBACHOW     Belarusian
Belarusian form and equivalent of Gorbachev.

IVANOVA     Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "daughter of Ivan", the feminine form of Ivanov.

KAZAN     Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish
From Turkish kazan meaning "kettle, boiler, furnace".

KOVALESKI     Belarusian
Habitational name for someone from any of several places called Kovali in Belarus, or perhaps Kavoliai in Lithuania, named with a derivative of kavalj meaning "smith".

KRYČAŬSKI     Belarusian
This indicates familial origin within the city of Krýčaŭ.

KUZMA     Ukrainian, Belarusian
From the personal name Kuzma, Greek Kosmas, a derivative of kosmos ‘universe’, ‘(ordered) arrangement’. St. Cosmas, martyred with his brother Damian in Cilicia in the early 4th century ad, came to be widely revered in the Eastern Church.

LAGÓJSKÌ     Belarusian
This indicates familial origin within the city of Lagójsk.

LEVIN     Jewish, Lithuanian, Belarusian, German, Russian, French (Quebec, Anglicized), Various
As a Lithuanian Jewish and Belarusian Jewish name, it is a Slavicized form of Levy. As a German and German Jewish name, it is derived from the given name Levin. As a Jewish name, it can also be related to Loewe... [more]

LIAKHOVICH     Belarusian
Means "son of Liakh".

LITVINCHUK     Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Russian литвин (litvin) historically denoting a Lithuanian or Belarusian person.

LUKASHENKO     Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Means "son of Luka". A notable bearer is Alexander Lukashenko (1954–), the current president of Belarus.

MATSKEVICH     Belarusian
From the given name Maciek, a variant of Maciej, which is the Polish variant of Matthias.

MAYSTRENKO     Belarusian

MYASNIKOVICH     Belarusian
Possibly means "son of Myasnik".

NAVITSKI     Belarusian
Belarusian form of Novitsky.

NOSENCHUCK     Belarusian

NOVIK     Belarusian
Belarusian surname equivalent to the Russian surname Novikov.

NOVITSKY     Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian

OSTAPCHUK     Belarusian
Means "son of Ostap".

PIATRUSHENKA     Belarusian

POLYAKOV     Russian, Jewish, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Patronymic from the ethnic name Polak meaning "Pole".

PORTNOY     Jewish, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Occupational name for a tailor from Russian portnoj (an adjective derivative of port "uncut cloth").

RYBAK     Polish, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Jewish
Means "fisherman" in some Slavic languages. Derived from the word ryba "fish". A famous bearer is Byelarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak (b. 1986) who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009.

SLUCKI     Belarusian
Means "of Sluck", a town in the Minsk region.

STOLINSKI     Belarusian
This indicates familial origin within the town of Stólin.

SYTKO     Belarusian, Russian

URBAN     English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Hungarian, Jewish
From a medieval personal name (Latin Urbanus meaning "city dweller", a derivative of urbs meaning "town", "city").

VOLESKY     Belarusian, Ukrainian

ZOSIMOVICH     Belarusian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "son of Zosim (see Zosimus)"; rarely used in both Belarus and Ukraine.

ZYK     Russian, Belarusian
A Russian name now found in Belarus and other areas around "white Russia". Literally translates to the Russian word "beetle". It's pronounced "Z'ook" and has taken on other forms of spelling, such as; Zuck, Tzook, Shyk, etc.