Frequency: (207)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): occupational name from Ukrainian and Belorussian kravets ‘tailor’, a derivative of Old Slavic kravati ‘to cut’.
GIVEN NAMES: Russian 35%; Jewish 23%.Vladimir (7), Leonid (4), Mikhail (4), Boris (3), Igor (3), Lev (3), Anatoly (2), Arkady (2), Galina (2), Nikolay (2), Sergey (2), Zinovy (2); Aron (2), Yakov (2), Fayvel, Hyman, Ilya, Irina, Mikhael, Naum, Polina, Sima, Tsilya.
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