Greek surnames ending in 'akis'

[Vojnik]

I've heard people say that people with 'akis' ending surnames have Cretan origins. It's odd because i have family with that ending in their surname. But no connection to Crete.

Any truth to this?

[Prinses]

Im following this topic. And what about surnames ending with ‘idis’ I match with a few of them in myheritage.

[FinalFlash]

Im following this topic. And what about surnames ending with ‘idis’ I match with a few of them in myheritage.

They're Pontic Greek.

[Tauromachos]

Surnames with this ending are mostly common in Crete and then Mani

Some Smyrnians have surnames with this ending as well

[Thanas Django]

There are Greeks with a surname that has the ending -akis all across the Greek world. It's no big deal.

It is just that the highest concentration of people with the akis ending can be found in Crete.

[dosas]

I've heard people say that people with 'akis' ending surnames have Cretan origins. It's odd because i have family with that ending in their surname. But no connection to Crete.

Any truth to this?

You are probably a Greek, in denial, who just started to unravel the thread of his real heritage.

Also, - idis can be Thracian and Anatolian, but it is found in surnames that are derived from professions.

Pontians have a lot of - antis and - iadis, as well.

[Vojnik]

You are probably a Greek, in denial, who just started to unravel the thread of his real heritage.

Also, - idis can be Thracian and Anatolian, but it is found in surnames that are derived from professions.

Pontians have a lot of - antis and - idis, as well.

Nah. My family had this name imposed on them by the greek church. Before that the ending was 'ov'.

[dosas]

Im following this topic. And what about surnames ending with ‘idis’ I match with a few of them in myheritage.

Prinses, I don't want to come across as a douchebag, but you are using both the Komnenos Eagle and the Crescent with star, in your avatar.

Just a small FYI, the people carrying the Trebizond Eagle as their banner were massacred, on a genocidal level, at the hands of the people carrying the red banner with the crescent and moon.

[Prinses]

Prinses, I don't want to come across as a douchebag, but you are using both the Komnenos Eagle and the Crescent with star, in your avatar.

Just a small FYI, the people carrying the Trebizond Eagle as their banner were massacred, on a genocidal level, at the hands of the people carrying the red banner with the crescent and moon.

I understand your point, but I have nothing to do with that. These cyber banners I use is just for fun and I’m not looking at what happened since I don’t know it well.

[catgeorge]

Cretan fighter had sex with some cuman tatar gypsy woman.