Abramowicz

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Abramowicz, Abramovich, Abramowitz, and Abramovitz are variant spellings of a name meaning "son of Abraham" among Slavic language speaking peoples; it is a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews,[1][2] for whom it is commonly Hebraized to Ben-Avraham (בן-אברהם) upon immigration to Israel.

A similar surname of peoples from the former Yugoslavia is Abramović.

Some people with these names include:

Abramowicz (Polish)

Abramovich (Russian: Абрамо́вич)

  • Alexander Abramovich
    (Alexander "Sasha" Argov; 1914–95), Russian-born Israeli composer
  • Luis Abramovich (born 1962), Argentine footballer
  • Mario Abramovich (1926–2014), Argentine musician
  • Roman Abramovich (born 1966), Russian billionaire and former owner of Chelsea Football Club
  • Vsevolod Abramovich (1890–1913), Russian aviator
  • Yuri Abramovich (1935–2017), Soviet/Russian aircraft pilot and Hero of Russia
Abramovitch
Abramovitz
Abramowitz

References

  1. OCLC 25093664
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  2. ^ A Sourcebook for Genealogical Research: Resources Alphabetically by Type and Location, McFarland, 13 May 2004
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, Volume 1, edited by Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum (Granite Hill Publishers, 2007), page 324