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ryba Name Meaning and History

Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name, nickname, or an ornamental name from the common Slavic word ryba ‘fish’. As an occupational name it may have denoted a fisherman or a seller of fish. As a nickname it may have been bestowed on account of some fancied physical resemblance to a fish.

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Distribution of ryba Families in the US in 1920
Number of ryba families
 16-29
 6-15
 1-5
 0
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