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    where would you think these last names are from If you didn't know the ethnic background of the person


    Sudeikis
    Birbalaite
    Genovaite
    Pilypaitis
    Levinis
    Mileskaite
    Petrosius
    Lotuzys
    Dacka

    all of them are lithaunian
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    Some of them look Greek.

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    Sudeikis is 100% Lithuanian
    Lotuzys is also?
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    lithuanians , but then i happen to know how lithuanian lastnames look like too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scholarios Chiotis View Post
    Sudeikis is 100% Lithuanian
    Lotuzys is also?
    yeah, proper spelling would be Lotužys

    Quote Originally Posted by acmilan87 View Post
    lithuanians , but then i happen to know how lithuanian lastnames look like too.
    you're cheating

    where would you put them if you didn't know?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Migla View Post
    where would you think these last names are from If you didn't know the ethnic background of the person


    Sudeikis
    Birbalaite
    Genovaite
    Pilypaitis
    Levinis
    Mileskaite
    Petrosius
    Lotuzys
    Dackaall of them are lithaunian
    Levinis sounds jewish(Levin,Levinson,Levitin...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by bella1407 View Post
    Levinis sounds jewish(Levin,Levinson,Levitin...)
    probably, a lithuanian version of a jewish last name
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    Quote Originally Posted by Migla View Post
    where would you think these last names are from If you didn't know the ethnic background of the person


    Sudeikis
    Birbalaite
    Genovaite
    Pilypaitis
    Levinis
    Mileskaite
    Petrosius
    Lotuzys
    Dacka

    all of them are lithaunian
    from Lithuania or Latvia.
    Do u lave Lithuanian last name, Migla?

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    The surnames ending in "aite" I would assume are Lithuanian, since I know that is Lithuanian, but maybe I would think Sudeikis and Pilypaitis were Greek. I am not so sure about Lotuzys and Dacka.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Migla View Post
    probably, a lithuanian version of a jewish last name
    or not
    because in Poland they have last name non-jewish Lewandowski

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