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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Greek : patronymic from Giannis, vernacular form of the personal name Iōannēs ‘John’ (see John). The -akos patronymic suffix is associated with the Mani peninsula in the southwestern Peloponnese.

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