Sokolov Family History
- Sokolov Name Meaning
- Russian, Belorussian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): patronymic from Russian sokol ‘falcon’. In some cases the Russian surname arose from a nickname. In other cases it represents an ornamental name assigned to pupils in ecclesiastical schools. As a Jewish name, it is generally a patronymic from an ornamental nickname meaning ‘falcon’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 3,589 Historical Documents with Sokolov on Ancestry
- 1,411 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 929 Census and Voter Lists
- 113 Military Records
- 625 Immigration Records
- 511 Member Trees
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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