Although I don't profess to be an expert on this, I was was once told
by someone whose surname ended with "Wicz" that this was often a sign
of Byelorussian ancestry - as indeed was the person who told me this.
Michael
From: "Ricardo Villalobos" ricvilla@l...
I always heard from my Mom that the suffix -wicz was
added to my surname at some point in history. According
to her, it was given to people who fought in wars and
returned as heroes (or something along the lines). Does
anybody has any information about this and how it worked?
