Classify Romanian singer

[RN97]

Is he part Greek? His name seems to suggest so I think. Not sure.
http://i.imgur.com/R1A4dGW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Y4GIUcG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/l6RAZZC.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/T3gyCpV.jpg

[Antimage]

wat is the surname?

[RN97]

wat is the surname?

Well, I'm a fool innit. Forgot to mention it. His name is
George Papagheorghe and he was born in Constanta. A area that was part of the Byzantine empire.

[Seya]

Papagheorghe is greek name?? Since when?

[Lavrentis]

Papagheorghe is greek name?? Since when?

Papageorgiou is Greek though. 'Papa' is used exclusively in Greece.

[nightrider+]

Papagheorghe is greek name?? Since when?

Lol, doesn't get more Greek than that as far as surnames go.

[Seya]

Papageorgiou is Greek though. 'Papa' is used exclusively in Greece.

Hmmm i know several people with that surmane and they are not greeks

[nightrider+]

Hmmm i know several people with that surmane and they are not greeks

They have Greek roots, distant or not.

[RN97]

Papagheorghe is greek name?? Since when?

It's due to the "Papa" part. I thought it was a Romanianized Greek surname.

[Lavrentis]

Hmmm i know several people with that surmane and they are not greeks

I didn't say that anyone with that surname is Greek. I said that the roots of the name are Greek.

[nightrider+]

It's due to the "Papa" part. I thought it was a Romanianized Greek surname.

Gheorghe/George/whatever is also Greek. From Georgios. Georgia means agriculture in Greek.

[Seya]

I know different names that start with Papa. Like Papatraian for example...is this greek too?

[Lavrentis]

They have Greek roots, distant or not.

Not true. It could simply be something left from the Byzantine rule of Romania.

[LieDetector]

East Med

[Lavrentis]

East Med

If you think that he is East Med, you should stop classifying people. He is clearly Pontid.

[nightrider+]

Not true. It could simply be something left from the Byzantine rule of Romania.

Doubt it. Papageorgiou is one of the most common Greek surnames. Given there was always a large Greek minority there, it seems too much of a coincidence.

[Lavrentis]

I know different names that start with Papa. Like Papatraian for example...is this greek too?

As I said in a comment of mine a little earlier, the 'Papa' could simply be something left from the Byzantine rule of Romania.

[Lavrentis]

Doubt it. Papageorgiou is one of the most common Greek surnames. Given there was always a large Greek minority there, it seems too much of a coincidence.

This guy could have some distant Greek origins, who knows. But not everyone with a 'Papa' in Romania has Greek origins.

[RN97]

I found another Papa......
Alexandru Papadopol
Looks less east Euro than the average Romanian I'd say
http://i.imgur.com/uGCEm1U.jpg

[nightrider+]

I found another Papa......
Alexandru Papadopol
Looks less east Euro than the average Romanian I'd say
http://i.imgur.com/uGCEm1U.jpg

Papadopoulos is THE most common Greek surname.

This guy looks very Greek btw.

[Odin]

Pontid.

[Tommie]

This guy could have some distant Greek origins, who knows. But not everyone with a 'Papa' in Romania has Greek origins.
Exactly. Surnames are not always an indicative of someone's ancestry in Romania.

[Grishnack]

Pontid. He fits well in Romania.

[Hadouken]

north pontid - Atlantid range

[aherne]

Actually he DOES look part Greek

[aherne]

Doubt it. Papageorgiou is one of the most common Greek surnames. Given there was always a large Greek minority there, it seems too much of a coincidence.

The vast majority of Romanians from Dobrudja descend from late 19th century settlers from Wallachia and Moldova. In Constanta the native population used to be Greek since ancient times, but during Communism most left to Greece. He can be a leftover of local Greeks OR someone with remote Greek ancestors transplanted during Ottoman rule. In Wallachia, Greek surnames are quite common (Gheorghiu << Georgiou, Dumitriu << Demetriou)

[Arbërori]

Pontid. His origins are probably just generic Romanian, but the surname itself in different forms is also present among Albanians, Vlachs and Greeks, just a ''descendant of an Orthodox priest named Gheorghe''.

He can definitely pass as Albanian.