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Post by Kassandros on Dec 20, 2007 19:33:03 GMT -5
In most of the cases the last name of a Greek reveals his tribal origins.
Last names with 2 Syllables: Macedonians and Epirots Examples: Zotis,Siskos,Tsais,Pappas,Tolios etc
Last names ending with -akis: Cretans Examples: Mathioudakis,Politakis, Daskalakis, Sartzetakis etc
Last names ending with -idis and -adis : Pontians and Asia Minor Examples: Lazaridis, Stefanidis, Melekidis, Anthoulidis etc
Last names ending with -oglou : Asia Minor,Anatolia generally, Eastern Thrace Examples: Kougioumotzoglou, Adamoglou, Pazaroglou
Last names ending with -opoulos : Peloponeseans Examples: Papadopoulos, Akrivopoulos, Kalopoulos, Georgopoulos etc
Last names ending with -ou (and having a first name as mark): Cypriots Examples: Georgiou, Vasileiou, Xristou, Athanasiou etc
Last names with variety but always 3 Syllables : Vlachs Examples: Akritas, Kourbetis, Paneas, Holevas etc
Hatzi- at the beggining of the last name declares his ancestors visited Jerousalem. All of Greeks Examples: Hatzifotiou, Hatziakritas, Hatziadamoglou etc
Islanders share all of the above.
Of course that is not a rule since many Greeks have different tribal origins than their last names denotes.... but thats the minority.
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Kanaris
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Post by Kanaris on Dec 21, 2007 0:07:52 GMT -5
Interesting....thanks!
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