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UKRAINSKI  Origin of surname

UKRAINSKI 

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.  

This family name is derived from Ukraine, the name of a country in Eastern Europe. Ukraine was home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the world. The meaning of Polish suffix “-ski” is “of”, “from”. 

Places, regions and countries of origin or residence are some of the sources of Jewish family names. Many of these names, originally based on toponymics, have developed into variants which no longer resemble the form of the original source. Thus, unless the family has reliable records, names based on toponymics cannot prove the exact origin of the family. 

Ukrainski is documented as a Jewish family name with Daniel Ukrainski, a merchant who was born in Bialystok, Poland, in 1900 and perished in the Holocaust.  

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UKRAINSKI  Origin of surname

UKRAINSKI 

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.  

This family name is derived from Ukraine, the name of a country in Eastern Europe. Ukraine was home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the world. The meaning of Polish suffix “-ski” is “of”, “from”. 

Places, regions and countries of origin or residence are some of the sources of Jewish family names. Many of these names, originally based on toponymics, have developed into variants which no longer resemble the form of the original source. Thus, unless the family has reliable records, names based on toponymics cannot prove the exact origin of the family. 

Ukrainski is documented as a Jewish family name with Daniel Ukrainski, a merchant who was born in Bialystok, Poland, in 1900 and perished in the Holocaust.  

Written by researchers of ANU Museum of the Jewish People