Do you have region-specific surnames in your country?
In Greece surname endings usually indicate the region they come from.
For example:
-ίδης, -άδης = Black Sea
-ούδης = Thrace
-όγλου = Asia Minor
-άκης = Crete
-άκος, -έας = Mani
-πουλος = Peloponnese
-άτος = Ionian Sea
-έλης = North Aegean
-ούσης = Chios
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really? korhonen?
idk but my region doesn't have a lot of native -ić ending surnames
>Austrians are born in a Grube
Catalans/Valencians/Balearics, Galicians and Basques/Navarrese have their own surnames.
Because Croatians deliberately changed their names to.foreign ones. That's why you guys have names like Ludvig and Sebastijan and we don't lol.
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sir gruber haha :D
>Why yes, my surname is [Uses a patronymic system]. How could you tell?
why would we change our last names?
they don't sound Germanic or whatever and they can only pass as local here, though some are Italian
Also,
First name in genitive case (usually -ου) = Cyprus
rusians all have the same name, meanwhile 100 000 unique names end up with a / after
Toponymic names are common in my region, my last name comes from a lake near my hometown.
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What do each of them mean?
Certain surnames are more common in certain areas but nothing region specific really
East Finland had surnames very early when other regions only used first name and patronymic
We can't really tell you. The greek constitution specifically decrees that we should never disclose that information.
Basques, catalonians and galicians have their own surnames, you might find them outside those areas because Spain is very mixed thanks to reconquista but it's still holds true.
>Popa
>korhonen
>not kekkonen
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If your surname ends with -heimer I know you're insufferable
>-ίδης, -άδης = Black Sea
patronymic suffix (also in ancient e.g. Arist-ides, Alcibi-ades, etc)
>-ούδης = Thrace
diminutive. maybe related to the above
>-όγλου = Asia Minor
-oglu means "son of" in Turkish
>-άκης = Crete
from -άκιος, a diminutive suffix
>-άκος, -έας = Mani
-άκος is a diminutive suffix, -έας comes from -εύς (e.g. Odysseus --> Odysseas in modern)
>-πουλος = Peloponnese
from latin -pullus which means young animal / fledgling.
>-άτος = Ionian Sea
From latin "-atus" which is used to form adjectives
>-έλλης = North Aegean (mainly Lesbos)
IIRC it's from Venetian, but I am not sure.
>-ούσης = Chios
No idea.
>moldova
>rusu
Why are Maltans called Borg?