Kravchenko

Kravchenko, also Krawchenko, Krawczenko or Kravtchenko (Сyrillic: Кравченко) is a common Ukrainian surname, widely found in the former Soviet Union and respective diasporas abroad. It is an occupational surname of patronymic derivation, based on the occupation of kravets (кравець), or 'tailor' and literally meaning "child of tailor". Other Ukrainian surnames of similar derivation are Kravchuk and Kravets.^[1]

It may refer to the following people:

Aleksei Kravchenko (born 1969), Russian actor
Alex Kravchenko (born 1971), Russian professional poker player
Alexander Diomidovich Kravchenko (1881–1923), Russian Red partisan during the Russian Civil War
Andrei Kravchenko (disambiguation), several persons
Anzhela Kravchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian sprinter
Dmytro Kravchenko (born 1995), Ukrainian football player
Fyodor Iosifovich Kravchenko (1912–1988), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
Grigori Kravchenko (1912–1943), Soviet aircraft pilot and twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Ivan Khotovich Kravchenko (1921–1945), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
Ivan Yakovlevich Kravchenko (1905–1942), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
Konstantyn Kravchenko (born 1986), Ukrainian football player
Marina Kravchenko (born 1975), Israeli table tennis player.
Mykhailo Kravchenko (1858–1917), Kobzar from Poltava
Mykyta Kravchenko (born 1997), Ukrainian football player
Nikolai Grigoryevich Kravchenko (born 1923), Soviet soldier and Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory
Nikolai Vasilyevich Kravchenko (born 1952), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
Serhiy Kravchenko (born 1983), Ukrainian football player
Serhiy Kravchenko (born 1990), Ukrainian football player
Valeri Kravchenko (1939–1995), Soviet volleyball player
Vasili Kravchenko (1923–1944), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
Victor Kravchenko (defector) (1905–1966), Soviet defector
Viktor Kravchenko (athlete) (born 1941), Soviet triple jumper
Volodymyr Kravchenko (born 1969), Ukrainian triple jumper,
Yuriy Kravchenko (1951–2005), Ukrainian police officer and statesman

References

↑ Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1967.

Surnames associated with the occupations of tailor/seamster

Germanic	Tayler, Taylor Schneider, Sneijder, Snijders, Schnyder, Schnider, Schnieder, Schnaider Anglicized: Snyder, Snyders, Snider; Polonized: Sznajder; Russified: Shneider Schröder/Schroeder Shnaider Snyman Znaider (זנאַידער, Yiddish), Kleid (קליידל, Yiddish)

Romance	Sarti, Sarto, Del Sarto, Sartre, Sartori, Sartorius Sastre Couturier, Couture, Croitoru, Croitor

Slavic	Kravets (Yiddish calques: Kravits/Kravitz), Kravtsov/Krawtzoff, Kravchenko, Kravchuk Krawiec, Krawczyk, Krawczak, Krawczuk (Yiddish calque: Krawtz) Krajčí (Krajci), Krajčík, Krajčír (Kraicir), Krejčí, Krejčík, Krejčír Portnoy, Portnov, Portnyagin

Semitic	Chait/Khait Al Khayat/El Khayat Ibn Khayyat Bint Khayyat Khayat

Other	Darzi, Szabó, Raftis/Ράφτης, Terzioğlu, Quemener, Le Gourrierec

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