Geography of surnames. Nikonov V.A.

surnames is a kind of living history of the country. In Europe, they appeared for the first time in Italy in the X-XI centuries, then in France, England and in other countries. The names of the Russians were formed only in the 16th century.

What is the history of the origin of surnames? What are the most common surnames? In which areas are the surnames of Ivanov, Kuznetsov, Popov, Smirnov most often? This book will answer these and other questions.

is recommended to specialists - ethnographers and philologists, as well as a wide circle of readers.