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Kowalczyk is the fifth most common surname in Poland. The name comes from the word "blacksmith".

Kovač, meaning "blacksmith" in South Slavic languages, is a common surname in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia.

Schuler, also Schüler, Shuler, and Shuhler, is a surname. The German word Schüler directly translates to the english word scholar and can also mean "pupil". Notable people with the surname include:

Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer", the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.

Ferraro is an occupational surname of Italian origin meaning blacksmith in Italian. Notable people with this surname include:

Zeman is a Czech and Slovak surname. The word originally denoted a member of low nobility. Notable people with the surname include:

Sýkora is a surname of Czech and Slovak language origin. It is related to the Polish surname Sikora. All are derived from a Slavic word for birds of the Paridae (tit) family which was used as a nickname for a small, agile person.

Shevchuk, Shewchuk, Schewchuk, Ševčuk, Sevcuk, Szewczuk, or Chevchuk is a widespread Ukrainian surname. It is derived from the Ukrainian word shvets, "cobbler/shoemaker", and the suffix -uk, denoting descent. It is also related to Shevchyk, a less common Ukrainian surname.

Molenaar is a Dutch surname deriving from the Dutch word for "miller".

Belić is a Serbo-Croatian surname, derived from the word belo, meaning "white". It may refer to:

Musiał or Musial is a Polish surname meaning "he had to", from the past tense of the Polish word musiec. An equivalent surname in Czech is Musil. Notable people with this surname include:

Oláh or Olah is a Hungarian language surname, which means "Romanian", derived from the word volách, and from that vlach, meaning "Italian" or "speaker of a Romance language".

McMenamin is an Irish surname. In ancient Gaelic it was shorter, Meanma, a word meaning courageous or high spirited. It originated in Co. Donegal in the 13th century and the Meanma’s were a warrior branch of the O'Donnells of Tyrconnell (Donegal), who were the "chieftains of Fanad" a large territory in Donegal. Notable people with the surname include:

Bondarev or Bondareva is a Russian surname, derived from the word "бондарь" (cooper). It may refer to:. Notable people with the surname include:

Białas, Bialas, or Biallas is a Polish-language surname. The Polish word białas means "white-haired man" and comes from the adjective biały ("white"). The surname is the same for males and females. It may refer to:

Koval is a Ukrainian surname. The word means "blacksmith", making "Koval" the equivalent of "Smith" in the English-speaking world. Notable people with the name include:

Bilyk is a Ukrainian surname derived from a word meaning "white" (білий). It may refer to:

Chara or Chará is a feminine given name and a surname (Chara). Chara is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Charlotte as well as an alternate form of Cara and Kara from the Latin cārus meaning “darling, beloved, dear, loved one”. Chara is also a Spanish feminine given name as an alternate form for Sarah. Chará is a Greek feminine given name from the Ancient Greek word khará which means joy, gladness. It is a short form of the feminine name Charalampía which is a combination of the Ancient Greek roots khará and lámpō (shine) .It is also a short form of the feminine name Chariclea who was one of the Forty Holy Virgin Martyrs who were tortured because they would not offer sacrifice to idols and kept their Christian Faith. Chariclea is a combination of the Ancient Greek roots charis (grace) and kleos (glory). Notable people who are known by this name include the following:

Calle is a Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish masculine given name, nickname and surname that is a diminutive form of Carl and Karl and an alternate form of Kalle. Calle is a surname with Spanish, English, Irish, Scottish, and German origins. Its Spanish origins are from the Spanish word calle, which means street and traces its origins back to Santander, Spain. a derive Notable people referred to by this name include the following:

Carlon is a given name and surname. Notable people referred to by this name include the following: