Frequency: (124)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Russian: alternative spelling of Fedorov, a patronymic from the personal name Fedor (see Theodore).
2. Alternatively, it could be an Americanized form of Jewish (from Ukraine) Fedorovsky, a habitational name from any of the villages in Ukraine named Fedorovka.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
