Anastos
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Frequency: (228)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Greek: like Anastas, a shortened form of patronymic surnames derived from the personal name Anastasios ‘resurrection’, the -os representing a masculine inflection.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
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