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  2. Category:Slavic-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    This category is for surnames originated among Slavic peoples, i.e., peoples who speak Slavic languages. Often the origins of these surnames is difficult to pinpoint, since the three cultures have common origins and heavy mutual influence.

  3. Ukrainian surnames - Wikipedia

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    Surnames based on women's names are rare (Marunchak from Marunia, a form of Maria). Toponymic surnames. Some Ukrainian toponymic surnames can be identified as from the Galicia region. Those surnames often contain the suffixes -ets or -iets (Kolomiets, Korniets, Romanets, Baranets). Profession-based surnames. Bondar (Bodnar, Bondaruk) — barrel ...

  4. Category:Galician-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Galician-language surnames" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  5. Slavic name suffixes - Wikipedia

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    A Slavic name suffix is a common way of forming patronymics, family names, and pet names in the Slavic languages. Many, if not most, Slavic last names are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names and other words. Most Slavic surnames have suffixes which are found in varying degrees over the different nations.

  6. Category:Slavic-language female forms of surnames - Wikipedia

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    It should only contain pages that are Slavic-language female forms of surnames or lists of Slavic-language female forms of surnames, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Slavic-language female forms of surnames in general should be placed in relevant topic categories.

  7. Category:Surnames of Slavic origin - Wikipedia

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    Slavic-language surnames (4 C, 407 P) B. Surnames of Belarusian origin (2 C, 10 P) C. Surnames of Czech origin (3 C, 54 P) P. Surnames of Polish origin (3 C, 123 P) R.

  8. Lists of most common surnames in European countries

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    The top ten surnames cover about 20% of the population, with important geographical differences. The regional distribution of surnames within Spain was homogenized mostly through internal migrations, especially since 1950. Names typical of the old crown of Castile have become the most common all over the country.

  9. Ukrainian nobility of Galicia - Wikipedia

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    According to mainstream Ukrainian historiography, the western Ukrainian nobility developed out of a mixture of three groups of people: poor Rus' boyars (East Slavic aristocrats from the medieval era), descendants of princely retainers or druzhina (free soldiers in the service of the Rus' princes), and peasants who had been free during the times of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia. [5]