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Pages in category "Russian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,352 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. [17] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique. [18]
Some surnames in those languages have been russified since the 19th century: the surname of Kazakh former president Nursultan Nazarbayev has a Russian "-yev" suffix, which literally means "of Nazar-bay" (in which "bay" is a Turkic native noble rank: compare Turkish "bey", Uzbek "boy" "bek", and Kyrghyz "bek"). The frequency of such ...
Most Slavic surnames have suffixes which are found in varying degrees over the different nations. Some surnames are not formed in this way, including names of non-Slavic origin. They are also seen in North America, Argentina, and Australia. An example using an occupation is kovač, koval or kowal, which means blacksmith.
-ou (-ow) / -oŭ (Belarusian Latin) equivalent to Russian -ov [citation needed]-ova (Belarusian) feminine equivalent of -ou-ouf (French), French spelling of Arabic names ending with -ūf [citation needed]-ouf, Norman-French spelling of surnames of Anglo-Scandinavian origin or West Germanic origin ending with -ulf or -wulf
Russian-language surnames (1 C, 2,323 P) S. Surnames of Caucasian origin (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Russian origin" The following 49 pages are in this ...
Russian-language surnames (1 C, 2,323 P) U. ... Pages in category "East Slavic-language surnames" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total.
Surnames and names of foreign origin should basically follow Romanization rules for their respective languages. Adding Russian version is advised if doesn't follow standard practices for Romanizing or the person specifically chose to adopt a similar Russian surnname and/or name and patronymic combination (a practice common in XVI-XX centuries).