History

This is a personal website setup for the Iwanow family, there appears to be around 52 Iwanow’s around the world according to Ancestry.com and around 133 according to MyHeritage.com.

According to a post on Ancestry.com, it was common for families to change the spelling of their name, so a female would add an A and a male would drop the A on their last name.

  • Iwanova – Female name
  • Iwanov – Male name

There appears to be a number of Russians with similar names coming from Lutowiska, Ukraine and Germany and obviously Russia but who’s ancestors moved to Australia, USA, Canada.

The name could also be commonly spelt a number of different ways depending on what the immigration officers heard said including:

  • iwanow
  • iwanov
  • iwanova
  • ivanova
  • ivanov
  • ivanoff
  • iwano
  • Ivwanova

 

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