Portnov (feminine: Portnova; Russian : Портнов, Портнова) is a Russian-language occupational surname derived from the occupation of portnoy, "tailor" and literally meaning "<child> of the tailor". Sometimes written as Portnoff or Portnow.
The surname may refer to:
Kravchuk is a surname that derived from the occupation of tailor with addition of a common Ukrainian suffix -chuk.
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:
Tkachenko is a common Ukrainian surname. Tkachenko is the central and eastern Ukrainian version of the western Ukrainian surname Tkachuk, meaning "weaver". Like other Ukrainian names ending in -ko or -chenko, their heritage is rooted in the Polyans tribe that lived near modern-day Kyiv.
Bondarenko is a Ukrainian surname, used by the following people:
Biryukov and Biryukova is a common Russian surname derived from the word "бирюк".
Pavlichenko, Paulichenka or Paŭličenka is a Ukrainian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kravtsov is a Russian language surname of Western Slavic origin, krawc coming from the Polish krawiec/kravets, 'tailor'. The German-language transcription commonly used in the past is Krawtzoff.
Kovalevich is a Slavic surname used in Russian and Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Polish cultures.
Lysenko or Lisenko is a Ukrainian surname. It most often refers to:
Pavlenko is a patronymic surname of Ukrainian origin. The surname is a derivative of the given name Pavlo.
Shvets is a Ukrainian and Czech occupational surname literally meaning "cobbler" or "shoemaker". In Russian the word means "tailor" (obsolete).
Kravets is a Ukrainian-language occupational surname meaning "tailor".
Shevtsov is a Russian-language surname derived either from the Russian word швец for "tailor" or from the Ukrainian term швець for "cobbler/shoemaker", literally meaning "child of tailor/cobbler".
Rybalko is a gender-neutral Ukrainian surname that may refer to
Stepanenko is a gender-neutral Ukrainian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Stetsenko is a Ukrainian surname. Outside of Ukraine, it is also prevalent in Russia and found in the United States.
Petrovsky (masculine) and its feminine form Petrovskaya are Russian-language surnames. People with the surname include:
Andrii Portnov is a Ukrainian historian, essayist, and editor. He is the chair professor of entangled history of Ukraine at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). and a director of the PRISMA UKRAЇNA Research Network Eastern Europe. He specializes in Polish-Russian-Ukrainian history and memory studies.
Pavlovsky is a Russian-language surname. The Ukrainian-language variant is Павловський, Pavlovskiy. Notable people with the surname include: