Last Name Yankov

The last name "Yankov" is of Bulgarian origin. It is derived from the Bulgarian male given name "Yanko," which is a diminutive of the name "Ivan" in Bulgarian. "Ivan" is the Bulgarian form of the name "John," which means "God is gracious" in Hebrew. Therefore, the last name "Yankov" likely originated as a patronymic surname, meaning it originally indicated someone who was the son of someone named Yanko.

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