Yanukovych (surname) explained

Yanukovych
Meaning:	"son of John"
Region:	Belarus
Language:	Belarusian
Variant:	Bevan, Giannitelli, Giannopoulos, Hovannesian, Hovannesyan, Hovhannisian, Hovhannisyan, I'Anson, Ioannidis, Ioannou, Ivanenko, Ivanić, Ivanov, Ivanović, Ivanovich, Ivanovski, Janavičius, Jānsons, Janowicz, JansenI, Jansons/Jansone, Janssen, Jensen, Johansson, Johns, Johnson, Johnston, Johnstone, Jonavičius, Jonson, Jonsson, Johnsson, Jones, Jovanović, Mac Eoin, MacIain, Mac Seáin, McKeown, McKeon, McLachlan

Yanukovych (be|Януковіч) is a Belarusian^[1] surname and a patronymic of Yan ("John"). Notable people with the surname include:

• • • Viktor Yanukovych (born 1950) is a Ukrainian politician of Belarusian, Polish and Russian descent who served as 4th President of Ukraine from 2010 until his overthrow in the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution Oleksandr Yanukovych (born 1973), Ukrainian businessman
  • Viktor Viktorovych Yanukovych (1981–2015), Ukrainian politician

Notes and References

1. Бiрыла, М. В. (1966). Беларуская антрапанiмiя. Уласныя iмёны, iмёны-мянушкi, iмёны па бацьку, прозвiшчы. Мінск: Навука i тэхнiка. с. 85–86.