Toponymic surnames

Litvinov or Litvinoff () is a Russian surname derived from the term Litvin, meaning Lithuanian person (Litva/Литвa). The female form of this surname is Litvinova ().

François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.

Brodsky or Brodskyy (feminine: Brodskaya or Brodska; , ) is a toponymic surname derived from Brody, a town in Ukraine. The name is common among Ashkenazi Jews. It is also an Anglicized and Germanized form of the Czech surname Brodský. Notable people with the surname include:

Holzer, also spelt Holczer, is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It may be a topographic surname meaning "forest dweller" or an occupational surname meaning "woodcutter" or "wood seller", or a toponymic surname for someone hailing from a place named Holz. Notable people include:

Wolski (feminine: Wolska, plural: Wolscy) is a Polish locational surname, which refers to a person from one of the numerous places called Wola in Poland. Variants of the name include Volski, Volsky, and Wolsky. The surname may refer to:

family name

Alpert is a variation of the Jewish surname Heilprin (Alprin), and may refer to:

Landauer is a surname, originally referring to somebody from Landau. It may refer to:

Wikimedia disambiguation page

Westphal or Westphall may refer to the following people:

family name

Sokołowski (feminine Sokołowska) is a Polish toponymic surname for someone from any of places named Sokołów or Sokołowo, from Polish sokół (falcon). Notable people with the surname include:

Knauer is a German surname. Descendants from the Charlemagne line. The Palace at Coburg. Notable people with the surname include:

family

Plessner or Plesner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Moskvin (masculine, Russian: Москвин) or Moskvina (feminine) is a Russian surname, derived from the word Москва (Moskva, meaning Moscow). It is also a toponym that may refer to

family name

Nowicki ( ; feminine: Nowicka; plural: Nowiccy) is a Polish and Jewish surname. It comes from place names such as Nowice, which are derived from the Polish adjective nowy ("new").

family name

Borkowski ( ; feminine: Borkowska; plural: Borkowscy) or Borkowsky is a surname of Polish-language origin. It is a toponymic surname originated for a person associated with any of the places named Borków, Borki, Borkowice, or Borek . Russian equivalent: Borkovsky, Lithuanian: Barkauskas.

Schober, a German term for a small barn or a haystack, is common as an occupational surname, metonymic for a farmer, and as a name for haystack-shaped mountains.

Slezak is a Czech, Slovak and Polish surname, which originally meant a person from Silesia, derived from the Czech word slezsko. Variants of the name include Ślązak, Slezák, Ślęzak, Slenzak, Szlezák, and Szlazak. The name may refer to:

name and surname

Podolyak (, , ) is an East Slavic language toponymic surname literally meaning "seomeone from Podolia". Notable people with the surname include: Aleksandr Podolyak (born 1962), former Russian football player Ivan Podolyak (born 1990), Russian professional association football player Mykhailo Podolyak (born 1972), Ukrainian politician, journalist and negotiator Roman Podolyak (born 1993), Ukrainian football defender

family name

Romanowski (feminine Romanowska, plural Romanowscy) is a Polish surname derived from any of the locations named Romanów, Romany, or Romanowo, in their turn derived from the given name Roman. Other equivalents: Romanovsky/Romanovskiy (Russian), Ramanouski (Belarusian), Ramanauskas (Lithuanian).

nisbah

surname that relates to a location

Kolk may refer to:

Pinchuk (, is a Belarusian, Ukrainian & Jewish (Ashkenazic) toponymic surname literally meaning "native of Pinsk". Polish-language variant: Pinczuk. Notable people with the surname include: Anton Pinchuk, Kazakh heavyweight boxer, gold medalist in Boxing at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 91 kg Dmitri Pinchuk (born 1984), Russian professional football player Mykola Pinchuk (born 1946), Soviet and Ukrainian football player Oleksiy Pinchuk (born 1992), Ukrainian football midfielder Olena Pinchuk (born 1970), daughter of Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, founder of ANTIAIDS Foundation, head of the

Ramanauskas is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Ramanauskienė (married woman or widow) and Ramanauskaitė (unmarried woman). It is a Lithuanized form of the Polish surname Romanowski. Other Slavic equivalents: Romanovsky/Romanovskiy (Russian), Ramanouski (Belarusian). All are toponymic surnames derived from any of locations named Romanów, Romany, or Romanowo, with all of them being derived from the given name Roman."

Bosman is a Dutch and Afrikaans toponymic surname, originally derived from the Dutch word bos meaning "wood".

family name

family name

family name

Aaberg or Åberg is a surname of Swedish origin. People with this surname include:

Olszewski (feminine Olszewska, plural Olszewscy, alternative Olszowski) is a Polish surname. The Russian-language version is Olshevsky, feminine: Olshevskaya. The Lithuanian language forms are Olšauskas and Alšauskas, feminine: Olšauskienė/Alšauskienė (married), and Olšauskaitė/Alšauskaitė (unmarried). Belarusian form: Альшэўскі (Alsheuski or Alshewski). Most probably it is a toponymic surname derived from any of the places named Olszewo, Olszew, Olszno, Olszow, Olszowa. It belongs to several noble Polish families. All of them are derived from olcha or olsza, alder tree. The Polish personal re

Wikimedia disambiguation page

Tchórzewski, feminine: Tchórzewska is a Polish surname. It is a toponymic surname derived from a location named Tchórzew. Notable people with this surname include:

family name

family name

family name

Quist is a surname. It usually is of Scandinavian origin as a variant of Qvist. It is also a Dutch toponymic surname from the island of Tholen, referring to a piece of land called `t Quistken. The surname is also common in coastal Ghana, originating during the colonial era from Gold Coast Euro-African unions. People with the surname include:

family name

family name

family name

family name

family name

The Bettencourt family () is a French noble family of Norman origin. The head of the family in the 14th century, Jean de Béthencourt, organized an expedition to conquer the Canary Islands, resulting in his being made King of the Canary Islands by Pope Innocent VII. Though the royal title would be short-lived, it allowed the family to firmly establish itself afterwards in the Azores and Madeira islands. The family is one of the most expansive and established families of the Portuguese nobility, as well as the Spanish nobility.

Kotowski, pronounced , feminine: Kotowska ("Kotowski" is also used as a feminine surname as well) is a surname of Polish origin. It is a toponymic surname derived from any of locations named Kotowice, Kotowo, Kotów. Its variant is Kotoski produced by the phonetic simplification of the consonant cluster -wsk- > -sk-. Notable people with the surname include:

Chęciński, feminine: Chęcińska is a Polish surname literally meaning someone from Chęcin. Notable people with the surname include:

Masri, Masry, Misri or Al-Masri and El-Masry (, commonly spelled in the Egyptian dialect as ) is Semitic language (Arabic and Hebrew) last name that literally means the Egyptian. The surname is commonly found in modern Egyptians and can be found in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, Sudan, Israeli Jews and Arabs and among Hindu Brahmins and Muslims in Indian Kashmir.

Gusmão (; sometimes Gusmao) is a Portuguese surname of ancient Spanish toponymic origin from the village of Guzmán in the Spanish region of Burgos.

family name

family name

Wikimedia disambiguation page

Szydłowski (feminine Szydłowska) is a Polish-language toponymic surname derived from placenames derived from the word szydło, "awl", such as Szydłów, Szydłowo, or Szydłowiec. Notable people with the surnames include:

Yampolsky, Yampolsky, Yampolskiy () is a toponymic surname common among Ukrainian Jews that resided in and around the places called Yampol in Ukraine since the times of the Russian Empire. The Lithuanized form is Jampolskis and the Polonized form is Jampolski.

Wikimedia disambiguation page

Wikimedia disambiguation page