MARKOWICZ / MARKOVITCH - Unable to cite an authority but it sounds like "son of Mark" to me. Eastern European, Polish or Russian or Slavic. It would be considered a Bible name after Mark. Gary Radcliffe West Covina, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: misfethr Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:24 PM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Markovitch Markowicz Does anyone happen to know the origins of the name of Markovitch or possibly Markowicz? My mother's maiden name is Markovitch but apparently my great grandparents' last name was Markowicz according to their tombstones. I've been able to find very little information on this name. Thanks for the help. Melissa McCarty Allentown, PA ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Thank you for the reply. There's so very little information out there on this name or even family. Hopefully with more research I'll be able to find out more.

in a german book of names there appears markovic (with an accent upon the c) with the explanation that it is a patronomic diversion of markus from the region of former yugoslavia. the ending might give a hint to what the last station/ language of the emigrating person was. vicz is polish, witsch is german and vitch might be anglizised. jurgen ----- Original Message ----- From: misfethr <misfethr@hotmail.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Markovitch Markowicz > Thank you for the reply. There's so very little information out there on > this name or even family. Hopefully with more research I'll be able to find > out more. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Gary is right on all counts. Markovitch is Polish; Markowicz is Croatian and it's popularity does stem from the biblical name of "St. Mark the Evangelist". A few other saints also bore the name. It originates from the Latin "Marcus" which may have some connection with the war god "Mars". ---Source: A New Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara GARY RADCLIFFE wrote: >MARKOWICZ / MARKOVITCH - Unable to cite an authority but it sounds >like "son of Mark" to me. Eastern European, Polish or Russian or Slavic. >It would be considered a Bible name after Mark. > >Gary Radcliffe >West Covina, CA > >----- Original Message ----- >From: misfethr >Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:24 PM >To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Markovitch Markowicz > >Does anyone happen to know the origins of the name of Markovitch or possibly >Markowicz? My mother's maiden name is Markovitch but apparently my great >grandparents' last name was Markowicz according to their tombstones. I've >been able to find very little information on this name. Thanks for the help. > >Melissa McCarty >Allentown, PA > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >