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rashka
07-09-2013, 01:08 AM
Can Ukrainians tell which part of Ukraine a person is from by the these last name endings> "enko" "chuk" "vich/vych" "shyn" "skyi/ski" "ets/iets"?
Methmatician
07-09-2013, 12:53 PM
What makes you think it's regionally determined?
Swearengen
07-10-2013, 03:04 AM
To a degree.
-chuk is much more common in western ukraine.
-ko, -enko are much more common in central and eastern ukraine.
-a (like in Farmiga) and Polish sounding suffixes like -ski, -yk, -ak, -uk I think are more common in the west as well. But they can be from all over.
-ich is uncommon, but I think it can be from anywhere. Same with -ka and -y (like in Luzhny).
I'm not familiar with the -shyn suffix :confused: and -ets I don't know about either.
So I guess you can narrow it down a bit, but not that much really.
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