Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
JANKOVIČ
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| Origin | of Slovak origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name |
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The name is derived from the name Janko (hypocoristic form of the Slovak given name Ján ‘John’) with the patronymic suffix -ovič and refers to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name. Variants: Jankovíč, Jankovics, Jankovich, Jankovits. |