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where does this name come from------- SavodnikasWww@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
It's not an ethnic Lithuanian name!. It's a Slavic last name 'Savodnik' with a Lithuanian ending -as!. We do that when translating/pronouncing foreign names!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Lithuanian family names have the Slavic patronymic ending -avi?ius, -evi?ius!.
http://www!.lituanus!.org/1982_3/82_3_01!.h!.!.!.

Lithuanian surnames (probably from emaitija!?) are short and end with '-kus': 'Butkus', 'Bartkus', Vaitkus', 'Vitkus', Jankus', 'Kartkus', etc!.
http://www!.geocities!.com/cjzemaitis@sbcg!.!.!.

Most popular Lithuanian surnames 2007
For men
1 Kazlauskas
2 Stankevi?ius
3 Jankauskas
4 Petrauskas
5 Vasiliauskas
6 ?ukauskas
7 Paulauskas
8 Urbonas
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/List_of_mos!.!.!.

Kaunas Region (No!.22) Constituency
List candidates of Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party
6 Darius SAVODNIKAS
http://www3!.lrs!.lt/rinkimai/1995/savival!.!.!.

I think it is fair to believe Savodnikas is a Lithuanian name !Www@QuestionHome@Com