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What are the most prevalent Arvanite surnames in Greece?
I mean, I know of some Arvanite surnames, but rather than rack my brains, I’m going to go to this blog posts ΕΛΛΗΝΟ-ΑΡΒΑΝΙΤΙΚΑ ΕΠΩΝΥΜΑ and ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΕΠΩΝΥΜΑ ΑΡΒΑΝΙΤΙΚΗΣ ΠΡΟΕΛΕΥΣΗΣ, both drawn from the book Arvanites by Kostas Biris, and cite the surnames I’ve heard of. Not as scientific a method as you’d like, and probably not actually the most frequent ones; but it’s what you’re going to get from me.
- Ginis (Gjinj “John”)
- Gumas (James)
- Kalesis < kalesh “sheep or dog with black and white marks”
- Kanakis
- Katsanis < kacan “greedy”
- Kontos
- Kriekoukis < kryekuq “redhead”
- Vilaras “cloth seller”
- Mexas
- Buras < burrë “man, brave”
- Priftis “priest”
- Sklepas “lame”
- Latsis < llaci “apprentice builder”
- Liotsis < loçi “friend; fool”
- Lykourezos < lëkurenxirë “dark-skinned”
- Manesis < manesë “slow”
- Bithikotsis < bythë “bottom, arse” + Kotsis “Constantine”
- Dragas < dragë “avalanche”
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