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Pages in category "Belarusian-language surnames" The following 173 pages are in this category, out of 173 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The conventions were similar to those of English surnames, using occupations, patronymic descent, geographic origins, or personal characteristics. Belarusian surnames, like those in most of Europe, are hereditary and generally patrilineal, i.e., passed from the father on to his children.
Common places used as surnames include Dibra, Laci, Shkodra, Prishtina, Delvina, Koroveshi and Permeti, as well as the famous Frasheri surname of the Frasheri family. Additionally common some names indicate regional origins: Gega/Gegaj (for one of Gheg origin ), Tosku/Toskaj (signifying Tosk origin ) and Chami (for Cham origin ).
Pages in category "Belarusian masculine given names" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Belarusian-language surnames (169 P) B. Belarusian toponymic surnames (1 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Belarusian origin" The following 11 pages are in this ...
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, -off was a common transliteration of -ov for Russian family names in foreign languages such as French and German (like for the Smirnoff and the Davidoff brands). Surnames of Ukrainian and Belarusian origin use the suffixes -ко (-ko), -ук (-uk), and -ич (-ych).
Belarusian given names (2 C, 1 P) S. Belarusian-language surnames (169 P) Pages in category "Belarusian names" This category contains only the following page.
Ukrainian and Belarusian names share many characteristics with family names from other Slavic cultures. ... Greek male surnames end in -s, which is the common ending ...