American surname Clement- Russian?

Subject: RE: American surname Clement- Russian?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 18 Jun 10 - 05:16 PM

There are a whole string of Popes who took the name Clement. This was the likely source of the name.

Subject: RE: American surname Clement- Russian?
From: bobad
Date: 18 Jun 10 - 03:21 PM

From this site:http://www.foreigndocuments.com/a7.html

Russian people received their last names (surnames) 100 years ago. It was during the first population census in 1897. Till this time last name was widespread in villages as nicknames.
Then during the population census last names (surnames) was given after father's names. For example, if father's name was Peter, then the last name (surname) was Petrov (it is form of word Peter which is answer the question "whose you are?"). That is why the most widespread Russian last names:
Ivanov, Petrov, Vasiliev, Nikitin, Tarasov, Titov, Fedoseev, Fedorov, Sidorov, Alekseev, Egorov, Demidov, Mihailov, Andreev, Alexandrov.

This would yield the Russian surname Klementov or Clementov, depending on the transliteration.

Subject: RE: American surname Clement- Russian?
From: bobad
Date: 18 Jun 10 - 03:13 PM

Here's a few from this site: http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/psa/lodzsurn.htm

The names come from Polish-language lists and transliterations of Russian-language lists, so that the spelling of a name may vary depending on its source. In particular, the letters "i" and "j" are interchangeable, as are "h" and the sound "ch", and the letter "h" may sometimes appear as "g".

KLEMENTNILOWSKA
KLEMENTNILOWSKI
KLEMENTOWICZ
KLEMENTYNOWSKI

Subject: RE: American surname Clement- Russian?
From: pdq
Date: 18 Jun 10 - 03:00 PM

The names Clement and Clements are reasonably common in the US, probably French in origin.

Subject: RE: American surname Clement- Russian?
From: Ebbie
Date: 18 Jun 10 - 02:32 PM

Mudcatters are a diverse and amazing bunch. You may well find an answer. Good luck.

Subject: American surname Clement- Russian?
From: GUEST,Julie Pagliarulo
Date: 18 Jun 10 - 11:49 AM

My great grandfather changed our surname spelling to something like Klemitze or klemowski or something similar. It was changed to Clement, an English or French sounding name. Is there any Russian surname that comes close to Clement? I know it starts with a k.

Not knowing the spelling has put my research to a halt. Please help!

Thanks,

Julie