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Help[Surname] Re: Czech/Solvak/Polish
in reply to a message by Jim Young
There are a couple of Passuths that come in when I google, Kriztina Passuth a Hungarian professor and Laszlo Passuth an author. I've come across the name Kossuth several times, which is why I focused on the 'suth'. Several other posters gave great suggestions on looking at parts of the name.
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There is a surname, Passoth, which appears to be German. There are an estimated 200 people of that name in Germany, and something like 30 named Passuth. Of course the presence of both names could be a result of immigration, but there's also the possibility of a German origin for Passuth. Still no indication of meaning.
A lot of Hungarians had German surnames once, some still do. Same for the Czechs, though I'm not so sure about the Slovaks.
A lot of Hungarians had German surnames once, some still do. Same for the Czechs, though I'm not so sure about the Slovaks.
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Thanks so much for all your effort! That is very interesting and I agree, there may be a German origin.
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maybe jewish?? Pashut meand simple in hebrew and yiddish and i konw some Passuts in Haifa
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Thats very interesting. Is the Haifa in or near Hungary?
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No, Haifa's in Israel. :-)
I found a Slovakian Pašút by googling it, but it probably isn't very common, because I got only three results. Anyway, since it all seems to revolve more or less around Slovakia and Hungary, I suppose you can forget the idea of Old English ending... it's a completely different language.
One of the things I found, though, is some list of surname endings and according to how the other Slovakian surnames ending this way look, it's probably derived from a first name. Like Pavol, maybe.
I found a Slovakian Pašút by googling it, but it probably isn't very common, because I got only three results. Anyway, since it all seems to revolve more or less around Slovakia and Hungary, I suppose you can forget the idea of Old English ending... it's a completely different language.
One of the things I found, though, is some list of surname endings and according to how the other Slovakian surnames ending this way look, it's probably derived from a first name. Like Pavol, maybe.
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