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Updated March 27, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : occupational name from Ukrainian and Belorussian kravets ‘tailor’, a derivative of Old Slavic kravati ‘to cut’.

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