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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), Russian, and Ukrainian : nickname or ethnic name from Russian turchin, Ukrainian turchyn ‘Turk’ (see Turk).
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : habitational name for someone from Turchiny or Turchino in Belarus.

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