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Surname: Basaraba, Koscian - is it Polish or Tatar?


archiwum  12 | 122  
8 Apr 2013 /  #1
Can anyone tell me if this is a Tatar surname?
ZIMMY  6 | 1601  
8 Apr 2013 /  #2
The name seems to be of Romanian origin. Of course, after hundreds of years who knows where people end up.
Grzegorz_  51 | 6138  
8 Apr 2013 /  #3
I would be guessing it comes from Bessarabia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabia#Principality_of_Moldavia

60 people in Poland with this last name.
OP archiwum  12 | 122  
13 May 2013 /  #4
Here is another website:
genealogy.euweb.cz/balkan/basarab.html

Merged: Is the surname Koscian tatar?

Is the surname Koscian tatar?
Astoria  - | 153  
30 Oct 2013 /  #5
Kościan: from kość "bone" or in Eastern Poland from the name Konstanty (diminutive Kostek). It's a Polish name, but can be used by a person of any ethnicity or religion.

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