Question about my Surname
Hello everyone! So, long story short, I’m from Ukraine Volhynia region, and I have a very unusual surname not only for that region, but even whole Ukraine and beyond. My surname is “Dzhuha” or “Dzhuga” or “Juga” (it can have lots of different transcriptions, but it’s Джуга in cyrrilic script), and I always wondered what’s the meaning behind it? I can’t find any information about it, only some connections to Georgia and Ossetia region, but I don’t have any ancestor from there. The only village that this surname is found is Novostavtsi (Rivne oblast) , and almost everyone there is practically 1 single big family. This surname was there at least starting from 1850~ in the same village (oldest ancestor I know). I just can’t find any reasonable explanation why it appeared or the meaning of it… I would really appreciate any help with that!!!