Patronymic surnames

Johnson may refer to:

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Markov (Bulgarian, ), Markova, and Markoff are common surnames used in Russia and Bulgaria. Notable people with the name include:

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Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan, meaning "YHWH is gracious". The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany because of Christianity. Common German variants for Johannes are Johann, Hannes, Hans (diminutized to Hänschen or Hänsel, as known from "Hansel and Gretel", a fairy tale by the Grimm brothers), Jens (from Danish) and Jan (from Dutch, and found in many countries).

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Tymoshenko (), Timoshenko (), or Tsimashenka/Cimašenka () is a surname of Ukrainian origin. It derives from the Christian name Timothy, and its Ukrainian derivatives, Tymofiy or Tymish. The surname, Tymoshenko, was created by adding the Ukrainian patronymic suffix, -enko, meaning someone of Tymish, usually the son of Tymish.

Petersen is a common Danish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter". There are other spellings. Petersen may refer to:

Johansson is a patronymic family name of Swedish origin meaning "son of Johan", or ''"Johan's son"''. It is the most common Swedish family name, followed by Andersson. (First 18 surnames ends -sson.) The Danish, Norwegian, German and Dutch variant is Johansen, while the most common spelling in the US is Johnson. There are still other spellings. Johansson is an uncommon given name.

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Bogdanov (Богданов), or its feminine form Bogdanova (Богданова), is a common Russian and Bulgarian surname, derived by a genitive inflection from the given name Bogdan. In a number of cases in the Russian Empire the surname was given to illegitimate children, interpreting the literal meaning "given by God".

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The surname Rasmussen () is a Danish surname, meaning ''Rasmus' son''. It is the ninth-most-common surname in Denmark, shared by about 1.9% of the population.

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Ponomaryov, also spelled Ponomariov or Ponomarev (), or Ponomaryova (feminine; Пономарёва) is a Russian language patronymic surname derived from the nickname Ponomar ("sexton"), and literally meaning "sexton's son". The nickname "Ponomar" has also become a surname. The Ukrainian language counterpart is "Ponomarenko".

Konstantinov (, also transliterated as Konstantinoff or Constantinoff) and Konstantinova (feminine; Константинова) is a common Slavic surname that is derived from the baptismal name Konstantin and literally means ''Konstantin's''.

Prichard may refer to:

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MacPherson or Macpherson is a surname, meaning "son of the parson" in Scottish Gaelic. Notable people with the surname include:

Lowry may refer to:

Andersson is a Swedish language surname, a form of the surname Anderson. Andersson is, if several spelling variants are included, the most common surname in Sweden. Andersson means "Anders's son" or "Andrew's son". Notable people with the surname include:

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Marchenko and Martchenko () is a Ukrainian surname of the following people: Alexey Marchenko (born 1992), Russian ice hockey defenceman Anatoly Marchenko (1938–1986), Russian author Daria Marchenko, Ukrainian artist Grigori Marchenko (born 1959), Kazakh financier Illya Marchenko (born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player Ivan Marchenko (disambiguation), several people Ivan the Terrible (Treblinka guard) (1911–1943), Ukrainian Treblinka guard Kirill Marchenko (born 2000), Russian ice hockey winger Maksym Marchenko (born 1983), Ukrainian colonel and the current governor of Odesa Oblast Micha

Petrikov or Petříkov may refer to:

Knudsen may refer to:

Petrenko () is a patronymic surname of Slavic origin derived from the first name Petro (the Ukrainian equivalent of Peter) and effectively means of Peter/''Peter's''. Notable people with the surname include:

Kadyrov is a patronymic surname derived form the given name Kadyr. It may refer to the following notable people:

Živković (sometimes transliterated Zivkovic, , ) is a Croatian and Serbian surname derived from a masculine given name Živko.

Gomes is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname.

Petrosyan (Armenian: ), Petrosian or Petrossian (Eastern Armenian), Bedrosian or Bedrossian (Western Armenian) is a common surname in Armenia. It is a patronymic from the Armenian first name Petros (equivalent to Peter, making the name effectively equivalent to Peterson).

Ellison is a surname and given name. It may derive from "Son of Elias" in Norwegian. Ellison can also be spelled Ellisson, Elison, Elisson, Ellyson, Ellysson, Elyson, and Elysson.

Mikkelsen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Mikkel" (equivalent of Michael). People with the name Mikkelsen include:

Akhmetov or Ahmetov is a Turkic surname that is common along the Islamic post-Soviet regions of Bashkortostan, Kazakhstan and Tatarstan, with the addition of Chuvashia. The name originates from Arabic as Ahmad (), meaning as the "most praiseworthy". The surname in feminine is often written as Akhmetova.

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Muratov (masculine) or Muratova (feminine) is a patronymic surname derived from the given name Murat.

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Kovalenko () is a Ukrainian surname. It is a patronymic surname derived from the occupational nickname koval (), "blacksmith". Notable people with the surname include:

Grigoryev (; ; masculine) or Grigoryeva (; feminine) is a Russian surname. It is derived from the Latinized Greek name Gregory (Grigorios). Alternative spellings of this last name include Grigoriev (masculine) and Grigorieva (feminine). Notable people with the name include:

Bartoli is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Clementi may refer to:

Svensson (also Svenson and anglicised Swensson, Swenson, Swinson or Swanson) is the ninth most common Swedish family name, there are about 88,000 residents in Sweden with the name in the population register. The name is originally a patronymic surname, literally meaning "son of Sven", or "Sven's son". Sven (in Danish and Norwegian also Svend and in Norwegian also "Svein") is a Nordic first name which is used throughout Scandinavia, Estonia and Germany. The name itself is Old Norse for "Young man" or "Young warrior."

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Vuković (, ) is a common family name found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, of which bearers are either Bosniaks, Croats, Montenegrins or Serbs, as well as medieval families long before idea of national identity ever appeared.

Karlsson is a Scandinavian patronymic surname meaning "son of Karl" or "Karl's son". It is one of the most common surnames in Sweden and has a number of alternative spellings. Apart from Karlsson, Carlsson is the most common spelling variation. Karlson and Carlson also exist, but are uncommon, as are Carlzon and Qarlsson (Annika Qarlsson). The parallel Danish-Norwegian forms are Karlsen and Carlsen.

Nikolov (Macedonian and Bulgarian: Николов), feminine Nikolova, is a Macedonian and Bulgarian patronymic and family name, derived from the personal name Nikola and may refer to:

Pavlović (Serbo-Croatian) or Pavlovič (in Slovenian and Slovak) is a surname of South Slavic origin stemming from the male given name Pavao, Pavle or Pavel, which are all Slavic variants of Paul. It was formed using the patronymic suffix -ović, meaning son of Pavao/Pavle/Pavel.

Poulsen is a Danish patronymic surname meaning "son of Poul" (Danish version of Paul). The form Paulsen is a less common cognate.

Harutyunyan (, ), also transliterated as Harutyunian, Haroutunian, Harutiunyan, or Arutyunyan is an Armenian patronymic surname derived from the given name Harutyun. The Russified version is Arutyunov. Notable people with the surname include:

Olsson is a common Swedish surname. It is a contraction of the surname Olofsson and it literally means "son of Olof" and seldom also "son of Ola". Notable people with the surname include:

Tomaszewski is a Polish masculine surname Its feminine counterpart is Tomaszewska or. Russian language variant: Tomashevsky (Tomashevskiy), Lithuanian: Tamašauskas. Notable people with the surname include:

Pérez is a very common Castilian Spanish surname of patronymic origin.

Mitrović (, ) is a Serbian surname, derived from the male given name Mitar (a version of the Slavic name Dimitar or Dimitrije). It may refer to:

Radić () is a common South Slavic surname.

Schouten is a surname of Dutch origin. It generally has an occupational root, where the forebear was a schout, but can also be patronymic, as Schoute once was used as a given name. The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 37th in 2007 (17,626 people). Variations include Schout, Schoute, Schoutens, Scholten and Scholte. People with this surname include:

Karimov or Carimoff is a slavicised version of the name Karim. Its feminine counterpart is Karimova. It is most popular in Central Asia, especially in Uzbekistan, although it is prevalent in the South Caucasus. Notable people with the surname include: