Last name: KIT
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KIT : This last name is indexed 12,427 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
KIT : 1: Ukrainian and Rusyn: nickname from Ukrainian and Rusyn kit ‘cat’. As a Rusyn name it is also found in Poland.2: Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 揭 meaning ‘raise hoist’ in ancient Chinese: shortened form of the placename Jie Yang (揭陽) (located in present-day eastern Guangdong province) possibly borne by descendants of the governor of Jieyang originally called Shi Ding also known as Jie Yang Ling (揭陽令) during the Western Han dynasty (206 BC - 25 AD).3: Chinese: Teochew Hokkien or Taiwanese form of the surname 吉 see Ji 7.4: Chinese: possibly from Cantonese form of the Chinese name 傑 (meaning ‘outstanding’ or ‘hero’) a monosyllabic personal name or part of a disyllabic personal name of some early Chinese immigrants in the US.
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