In most of the cases the last name of a Greek reveals his tribal origins.


Last names with 2 Syllables:
Macedonians and Epirots
Examples: Zotis,Siskos,Tsais,Pappas,Tolios etc

Last names ending with -akis:
Cretans
Examples: Mathioudakis,Politakis, Daskalakis, Sartzetakis etc

Last names ending with -idis :
Pontians and Asia Minor
Examples: Lazaridis, Stefanidis, Melekidis, Anthoulidis etc

Last names ending with -oglou :
Asia Minor,Anatolia generally, Eastern Thrace
Examples: Kougioumotzoglou, Adamoglou, Pazaroglou


Last names ending with -opoulos :
Peloponeseans
Examples: Papadopoulos, Akrivopoulos, Kalopoulos, Georgopoulos etc

Last names ending with -ou (and having a first name as mark):
Cypriots
Examples: Georgiou, Vasileiou, Xristou, Athanasiou etc

Last names with variety but always 3 Syllables :
Vlachs
Examples: Akritas, Kourbetis, Paneas, Holevas etc


Hatzi- at the beggining of the last name declares his ancestors visited Jerousalem.
All of Greeks
Examples: Hatzifotiou, Hatziakritas, Hatziadamoglou etc



Islanders share all of the above.




Of course that is not a rule since many Greeks have different tribal origins than their last names denotes.... but thats the minority.

PAVLOS MELAS=MIKIS ZEZAS!PURE EPIROT!BORN IN MARSEILS FRANCE ORIGIN FROM NOTHERN EPIRUS KORCE/KORYTSA!!HIS SURE NAME SOUNDS MACEDONIAN!THE PPL IN THE AREA OF KORCE/KORYTSA TILL BITOLA/MONASTIRI WAS THE ANCIENT MACEDONIAN KINGDOM OF LYNGKA PELAGONIAN MACEDONIA!CAPITAL WAS FLORINA!
WE R PROUD FOR PAVLOS MELAS



14 AYGOUSTOU 1904!MAKEDONIKOS AGON.

"EAN DE TREKSUME NA SOSOUME TI MAKEDONIA E MAKEDONIA DE THA MAS SOSI"

PAVLOS MELAS

Thats right Pavlos.

you forgot -adis mostly Pontians surname like -idis. those suffixes come from ancient Hellenic names

Yeap. I forgot that.

ZEZ means Black in Albanian if
he lived in Korce that may be why.

But ZeZ is not Mac its Albanian.

ZEZAK is what we call blacks

LOL.

.. maybe yes... maybe wrong.. tottaly indiferent. For sure he was not Albanian..

Xrovia pola Basilh yia tin yiortisou simera pou yiortazh O "Ayios Basilhs" Levendi

Arxileas.

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Efxaristo Arxillea. Kala Xristougenna kai eftixismeno to 2007.

VRE TO STANO MOU!!! methisa kin tin eimera, lathos ekana!!! axxx sehorise me vre Basilh. Yiortasiz aftin tin deftera, proth mera tis xronias.

Na Hxerese panta levendh kai Xhronia pola palh.





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