The last part (affix) of surnames in Ukraine.
-ов/ев (-ov/ev – orange) – Russian origin of surnames (for example – Butusov)
-енко/єнко (-enko – violet) – common Ukrainian surnames (Poroshenko)
-ук/юк (-uk/yuk – red) – patronymic suffixes, which are especially typical for Western Ukraine (Polishchuk)
-ський
(-skiy – green) – for example – historical Ukrainian noble surnames.
Also typical among Poles, Jews, as well as the old Russian nobility
(Razumovsky)
-ич/iч (-ich – blue) – Old Slavic patronymic suffix, similar to Belarusian, Polish, Serbian and Croatian
-iв (-iv – light red) – possessive suffix, akin to Russian -ов, is characteristic of Galicia (Petriv)
-ак/як (-ak/yak – light blue) – for example – (Shcherbak)
-ець/єць (-ets – gray) – diminutive suffix (Danilets)
by ultratim
