Zając is one of the most common surnames in Poland and the third most popular in Lesser Poland. The English translation of this surname is "hare". The surname occasionally appears as Zajonc due to the Polish pronunciation of ą as "on", however, the vowel is usually rendered as "a" outside Poland, producing Zajac. The latter form may also come from Slovak, Sorbian, Serbo-Croatian, or Belarusian cognates.
Novak, Novák, or Nowak, is a surname and masculine given name, derived from the Slavic word for "new", which depending on the exact language and usage, translates as "novice", "new man", "newcomer", or "stranger".
Jahoda or Yahoda is a surname. It is a cognate of Jagoda and Yagoda. Notable people with the surname include:
Spivak or Spivack is a surname of Ukrainian language-origin, meaning singer. It is also common among Ukrainian Jews, in which case it refers to cantor. The name may refer to:
Yagoda is a Russian surname meaning "berry". However, there is a change in stress and thus pronunciation—the surname is stressed Яго́да, and the word for "berry" is я́года. It also may be a Russian version of the name Yehuda (Judah).
Maxim is an epicene first name of Roman origin mainly given to males. It is adopted in Slavic-speaking countries such as Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro, as well as in countries which have maintained ties to the Soviet era. The spelling variant Maxime is also common in the French-speaking world. The name is derived from the Latin family name Maximus, meaning "the greatest". Maxim is also a less well-known surname.
Czarnecki is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Szymczak is a gender-neutral Polish surname. In some English-speaking countries it is spelled Schimchak, for the sake of pronunciation. It may refer to:
Peiris, Peries or Pieris is a surname attributed to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. It is a common surname in the coastal regions of the island nation.
Zlatarić is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dawidowicz is a surname of Polish-language origin, meaning "son of David". The Russian and Belarusian form is Davidovich, Ukrainian: Davydovych.
Chernyak, Czerniak, Czarniak, Cherniak or Cherniack is a gender-neutral Slavic surname. It is derived from čьrnъ ("black").
Suk is a both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Novik is a gender-neutral Belarusian surname, its Russian counterpart is Novikov, and Polish counterpart Nowik. Notable people with the surname include:
Matošević is a gender-neutral Croatian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jagodziński is a Polish surname which is most frequent in the central voivodeships of Greater Poland, Kuyavia-Pomerania, Łódź and Masovia and can also be found among the Polish diaspora. It was first recorded in 1400 and is of toponymic origin, deriving from either one of several Polish locations named Jagodno, but most probably from the Jagodno in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The place name Jagodno itself is derived from the west Slavic word "jagoda" for berry.
The surnames Stach, Štach or von Stach have multiple origins. Notable people include:
Stepanyuk or Stepaniuk is a gender-neutral Ukrainian surname that originates from the masculine given name Stepan. It may refer to
Petrusewicz is a Polish gender-neutral surname of Eash-Slavic origin. Archaic feminine forms: Petrusewiczowna, Petrusewiczowa. It should be distinguished from the spelling Pietrusiewicz which conforms to the Polish phonology, which is usually a by-name in the noble Polish clan Wysoczański. It is a patronymic surname derived from the East Slavic given name Petrus', a diminutive of Piotr/Petro/Piatro (Peter).
Kasun is a Sri Lankan given name, and an occasional surname that may refer to the following notable people:
