For those who are curious about their surname
If anyone has a vaguely ethnic-sounding surname but has no idea which nationality it derives from, here are a few helpful hints if your last name ends in or contains these elements:-ski is likely to be Polish.-sky is more likely to be Russian (these two get mixed up a lot.)-enko is almost infalliably Ukranian.-vic is likely from Yugoslavia.-vich is often confused with 'vic' but is from Russian, not Yugoslavian, origin.-vici, also often confused with the two above, is Serbian.-off, -ov, -ev, and -eff are probably Russian.-wicz or any cz combination really, is likely Polish.I'll be back with more later if I can!Jessica
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For those who are curious about their surname  ·  Jessica  ·  11/20/2000, 10:28 PM
Re: For those who are curious about their surname  ·  Janet  ·  11/28/2000, 7:43 PM
What about -iac?  ·  Norah  ·  11/21/2000, 7:40 AM
Re: What about -iac?  ·  Daividh  ·  11/21/2000, 3:50 PM