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Origin of Rafalko Total Records: 1  Origin of Rafalko, Meaning of Rafalko Origin: Rafalko came from the biblical given name Raphael, spelled and pronounced now in Poland as: Rafal. The given name Raphael came then from a Hebraic expression reph?'el, meaning: 'God cures'. The suffix -ko performs either a diminutive-expressive function or a patronymic one. In the latter case Rafalko would mean ?son of someone whose name was Rafal.? Alas, we cannot explicitly ascertain if the surname Rafalko was originally a pet form of the given name Rafal or it originated from the father's name Rafal. Surnames ending in ?ko are especially characteristic of Ukrainian or Belorussian personal names. In Polish mediaeval records the given name spelled and pronounced now Rafal occurred in different forms, namely: Rafael, Refael, Rachwael, Rachwal, Rachal, Rachol and Rafal. There are currently [2005] in Poland 543 people whose name is Rafalko. Most of them [210 people] live in the former Bialystok province (north-east part of Poland). The others are spread individually all over Poland Surnames: Rafalko Submitted by: Frank Rafalko 11/22/2009 3:24 PM Page 1 of 1

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