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-son (English, Swedish, German, Norwegian, Scottish, Icelandic) "son (of)" (sometimes less recognizable, e.g. "Dixon"; in Iceland not part of a family name but the patronymic (sometimes matronymic) last name (by law), where (usually) the fathers's name is always slightly modified and then son added) [citation needed]
Among individuals of European origin, the surname Sowa is derived from the Polish noun "sowa" ().In some cases, it may be an alternative spelling of the surname Sova, which is a Ukrainian, Czech, Belarusian, Slovak and Russian cognate.
Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,614 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
German-language surnames (7 C, 4,603 P) Germanized Slavic family names (12 P) L. Low German surnames (87 P) S. Swiss-German surnames (102 P) Pages in category ...
About 13% of the German population today has names of Slavic origin. Many Austrians also have surnames of Slavic origin. Polish names in Germany abound as a result of over 100,000 people (including 130,000 "Ruhrpolen") immigrating westward from the Polish-speaking areas of the German Empire.
B Name Period Seat/Origins Canton Remarks Personalities Coat of arms Bart zu Koppenhausen The Bärtts of Kopenhausen Siebmacher 1605:83,13 Baurenfreund Baurenfreund Siebmacher 1605:89,12 Baymundt Baymundt Siebmacher 1605:99,3 Behaim von Abensberg 1120-vor 1681 Village of Behaim bei Moosburg, Abensberg, Freising House of Beheim von Adelshausen Behem von Adelzhausen Pehaim von Adelshausen Beheim ...
Siwa language, a Berber language of Egypt; Siwa culture, a Bronze Age culture in Gansu, China; Siwa (beer), a type of Ethiopian beer; Sign in with Apple (SIWA), a single sign-on provider operated by Apple; Scottish Inland Waterways Association; Siwa, a defunct brand of convenience stores in Finland acquired by Kesko
Živa is also a personal name attested in several Slavic languages, e.g. the Old Polabian personal name *Živa (Latin: Zive, 1336), the Old Polish surname Żywa (Latin: Siwa, Sywa, Szywa, Szyva), the Serbo-Croatian given name Živa, the Bulgarian Zhiva, and others.