Släkthistoria för Shostak
Shostak Vad efternamn betyder
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Ukrainian Rusyn and Belorussian: nickname from Ukrainian shostak Belorussian shastak ‘six-fingered person’ also the name of an old coin worth six groschens derived from Ukrainian shist Belorussian shests ‘six’ or a nickname (an old personal name) for a child born as a sixth child derived from Ukrainian and Belorussian shosty ‘sixth’. Compare Shestak. Americanized form of Polish Rusyn (from Poland) and Jewish (from Poland) Szóstak; see Szostak.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
