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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, and Slovak (Komár), Slovenian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from komar ‘gnat’, ‘mosquito’, hence a nickname for a small, insignificant, or annoying person.

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