Yushchyshyna O. Surname Denominations and Surnames of Central Khmelnychchyna (Khmelnytskyi region) of the XVIIth-XXIst Сenturies

The thesis is devoted to the study of lexico-semantic, motivational, and word-building features of the surname denominations and surnames of Central Khmelnychchyna (Khmelnytskyi region) of the XVIIth - XXIst centuries. The surname is interpreted as a type of anthroponym, an obligatory, documented, hereditary, official name of a person acquired at birth or when entering into a marriage, which indicates that a person belongs to a particular family. The surname system of Central Khmelnychchyna (Khmelnytskyi region) of the XVIIth - XXIst centuries, i.e. of Volochysk, Letychiv and Khmelnytskyi districts, has been characterised. 11,860 anthropo-units of the region in question (XVIIth century - 351, XVIIIth century - 1,105, XIXth century - 1,580, XXth century - 3,473, XXIst century - 6,840) have been collected and analysed.