American Family Name Origins:
Tkachuk
Frequency: (137)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Ukrainian and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from a diminutive of Tkach.
GIVEN NAMES: Russian 15%; Jewish 5%. Igor (2), Vasily (2), Dmytro, Ekaterina, Evgeny, Galina, Grigory, Mikhail, Svetlana; Filipp, Mariya, Semen.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
