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Ethnic origins of surnames
Category: Family and Home > Families Asked by: zachin486-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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02 Sep 2006 14:54 PDT
Expires: 02 Oct 2006 14:54 PDT Question ID: 761712 |
Can you tell me if the origin of the surname 'YANKO' is jewish? |
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Re: Ethnic origins of surnames
From: pinkfreud-ga on 02 Sep 2006 15:05 PDT |
I believe this is a Slavic surname. I've known two people named Yanko. One was of Polish ancestry, and the other was Bulgarian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Slavic_surnames |
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Re: Ethnic origins of surnames
From: myoarin-ga on 03 Sep 2006 05:19 PDT |
It is also a given name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_(name) and can also be a Jewish surname (but doesn't have to be): http://www.missing-identity.net/mi/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=26 The spelling with Y is no doubt a variation to preserve the Slavic pronunciation of Janko. |
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