Frequency: (234)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Ukrainian, Polish, and Jewish (from Ukraine and Belarus): occupational name for a cooper, Ukrainian bondar.
GIVEN NAMES: Russian 22%; Jewish 8%. Vladimir (3), Leonid (2), Mikhail (2), Vasiliy (2), Yelena (2), Aleksey, Anatoliy, Efim, Evgeny, Inessa, Konstantin, Leya; Ilya (2), Aron, Leyb.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
