KAMENS Origin of surname
KAMENS
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives. Kamens is based on the Slavic Kamen/Kamien/Kamin, meaning "stone". There are many towns and villages throughout Eastern Europe in the region stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea with names based on "stone", among them Cammin (formerly Pomerania, Germany, now in Szeczin province, north-west Poland), Kamien, called Kamin in German (north-west Poland), Kamieniec, called Kamenz in German (lower Silesia, Wroclaw province, south-west Poland), Kamenice, called Kamnitz in German, and Kamenicky (both in northern Bohemia, Czech Republic), Kamenica (Serbia), Kamnik (Slovenia), both in Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia), Kamenitsa (Bulgaria), Kaminski (in Ivanovo oblast ("province"), Russia); the two most important localities for Jewish life and history in that region are the Ukrainian towns Kamenka-Bugskaya, called Kamionka-Strumilova in Polish, and Kamenez Podolsk, in both of which Jews lived since the 15th century. In a number of place names in Eastern Europe, Kamen/Kamien/Kamin, the Slavic word for "stone", is often replaced by Jews with the Yiddish Shteyn, based on the German Stein. Stein, literally "stone/rock" in German, is an artificial name that is commonly found in Jewish family names in its own right, or as a prefix (Steinberg) or a suffix (Loewenstein). Moreover, a considerable number of towns and villages have names comprising the term Stein.
In the 20th century Kamens is documented as a Jewish family name in the U.S.A.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives. Kamens is based on the Slavic Kamen/Kamien/Kamin, meaning "stone". There are many towns and villages throughout Eastern Europe in the region stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea with names based on "stone", among them Cammin (formerly Pomerania, Germany, now in Szeczin province, north-west Poland), Kamien, called Kamin in German (north-west Poland), Kamieniec, called Kamenz in German (lower Silesia, Wroclaw province, south-west Poland), Kamenice, called Kamnitz in German, and Kamenicky (both in northern Bohemia, Czech Republic), Kamenica (Serbia), Kamnik (Slovenia), both in Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia), Kamenitsa (Bulgaria), Kaminski (in Ivanovo oblast ("province"), Russia); the two most important localities for Jewish life and history in that region are the Ukrainian towns Kamenka-Bugskaya, called Kamionka-Strumilova in Polish, and Kamenez Podolsk, in both of which Jews lived since the 15th century. In a number of place names in Eastern Europe, Kamen/Kamien/Kamin, the Slavic word for "stone", is often replaced by Jews with the Yiddish Shteyn, based on the German Stein. Stein, literally "stone/rock" in German, is an artificial name that is commonly found in Jewish family names in its own right, or as a prefix (Steinberg) or a suffix (Loewenstein). Moreover, a considerable number of towns and villages have names comprising the term Stein.
In the 20th century Kamens is documented as a Jewish family name in the U.S.A.