What is your country's equivalent of the last name "Smith"? (thelemmy.club)

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I don't mean a direct translation, but rather a common and/or "stereotypical" last name that is generally used as the equivalent of "Smith" in English.

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[-] RedSturgeon@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

At least the user tried, but failed

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

'Kuznets' means smith too. The difference is that kuznets is borrowed from Church Slavonic, while koval is authentically East Slavic.

[-] GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Many people whose last name was Kovalenko became Kovalyov during Russification in Soviet Union.

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