Heilprin is a Jewish surname with many variants.
Avramenko is a Ukrainian surname. The surname derived from Hebrew name Abram by adding a Ukrainian suffix "-enko". Abram is itself derived from Abraham.
Halperin is a variation of the Jewish surname Heilprin. Both forms are Southern Yiddish for Heilbrun, that is the German city Heilbronn. The name is sometimes transliterated into the Cyrillic alphabet as Galperin. In Russia the pronunciation of an 'h' was difficult and pronounced as 'g'.
Kravchenko, also Krawchenko, Krawczenko or Kravtchenko is a common Ukrainian surname, widely found in the former Soviet Union and respective diasporas abroad. It is an occupational surname of patronymic derivation, based on the occupation of kravets (кравець), or 'tailor' and literally meaning "child of tailor". Other Ukrainian surnames of similar derivation are Kravchuk and Kravets.
Petrenko is a patronymic surname of Slavic origin derived from the first name Petro and effectively means of Peter/Peter's. Notable people with the surname include:
Styopin (masculine), Styopina (feminine), also when diacritics are ignored during transliteration: Stepin (masculine), Stepina (feminine) is a Russian language surname derived from the given name Styopa, a diminutive from Stepan. Notable people with the surname include:
Brzozowski is a Polish toponymic surname derived from the place name Brzozów, which is itself derived from 'brzoza' ("birch").
Kovalenko is a very common Ukrainian surname.
Stepanović is a Serbian surname, derived from the male given name Stepan (Stephen). Notable people with the surname include:
Rybalchenko is a surname of Ukrainian origin. It is a patronymic derivation from surname/nickname Rybalka, the latter literally meaning "fisherman" In Ukrainian. Notable people with this surname include:
Bocharov and Bocharova are respectively male and female Slavic occupational surnames derived from Bochar (бочар) which means cooper.
Stepanóvich or Stepanovych (Ukrainian) is an East Slavic-language surname.
Melnychenko or Melnichenko is a surname of Ukrainian-language origin. Derived from мельник, it means descendant of a miller. It is common in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus. Notable people with the surname include:
Cherney is a Yiddish/Hebrew-language surname derived from Russian word Чёрный (chyorny/cherny) meaning "black". Notable people with the surname include:
Portnyagin is a Russian masculine surname derived from the occupation of portnyaga, portnoy, meaning tailor. Its feminine counterpart is Portnyagina. The surname may refer to
Makhmudov / Mahmudov (masculine), Makhmudova / Mahmudova (feminine) is a surname common in the former Soviet countries. It is a patronymic surname derived from the given name Makhmud by the Russian way of patronymic derivation with the suffix -ov.
Hordiyenko is a Ukrainian-language surname. It may be transliterated in Russian as Gordiyenko and Romanian as Gordienco. It is a patronymic surname, derived from the first name Hordiy, derived from Saint Gordianus.
Stolyarenko is a Ukrainian-language surname derived from the occupation of stolyar, or "carpenter", "cabinetmaker", "joiner", literally meaning "son of carpenter". Notable people with this surname include:
Adamovsky or Adamovskiy (masculine), Adamovskaya (feminine) is a Russian and Ukrainian languages surname. Its Polish counterpart is Adamowski. Adamovský (masculine), Adamovská (feminine) is a Czech surname. All these surnames are derived from any of locations called Adamovo, Adamowo, Adamov, Adamów, etc., and literally mean "of/from Adamovo", etc. The place names themselves mean "Adam's".
Grosh is a surname of several possible origins. It may be an Americanized spelling of Slavic and Germanic surnames derived from nicknames meaning "groschen". As such it may be either an occupational surname of a moneyer, money lender or money changer, or a nickname of a wealthy or greedy person. It may also be derived from the Ukrainian surname Groshok, or the Russian surname.
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