Surname Affixes

Second in a two part series re: identifying the origin of your family surname.  
An affix can be positioned  at the beginning or end of the surname. 

Affix Nationality Meaning Position
ack Polish son of end
acs Hungarian descendent of end
aitis Lithuanian son of end
ak Polish son of end
akis Greek descendent of end
akos Greek descendent of end
an Irish little son of end
Ap - * Welsh son of beg
as Spanish son of end
az Spanish son of end
chuk Ukrianian descendent of end
cock English little son of end
cox English little son of end
czak Polish son of end
czyk Polish son of end
D' - Italian son of beg
datter Norwegian daughter of end
De Italian son of beg
Di Italian son of beg
eau French little son of end
ecco Italian little son of end
ek Polish descendent of end
elet French little son of end
elin French little son of end
ella Italian little son of end
elle French little son of end
elli Italian son of end
ello Italian son of end
elot French little son of end
enko Ukrianian son of end
es Spanish son of end
esco Romanian descendent of end
escu Romanian descendent of end
ez Spanish son of end
Fitz - English son of beg
gan Irish little son of end
icus Lithuanian little son of end
ik Polish descendent of end
ikas Lithuanian little son of end
inet French little son of end
ini Italian little son of end
inko Ukrianian son of end
ino Italian little son of end
is Portugese son of end
iz Portugese son of end
je Dutch little son of end
ke Dutch little son of end
ke German little son of end
kins English little son of end
M' - Irish son of beg
M' - Scottish son of beg
Mac - Irish son of beg
Mac - Scottish son of beg
Mc - Irish son of beg
Mc - Scottish son of beg
Me - Irish son of beg
Me - Scottish son of beg
O' - Irish grandson of beg
off Bulgarian son of end
off Russian son of end
on French little son of end
onis Lithuanian son of end
os Greek descendent of end
otte French little son of end
ov Bulgarian son of end
ov Russian son of end
ovic Yugoslavian son of end
ovich Russian son of end
ovich Yugoslavian son of end
ovici Serbian son of end
poulos Greek descendent of end
s English son of end
s Welsh son of end
sen Danish son of end
sen Norwegian son of end
son Swedish son of end
ucci Italian little son of end
ulis Lithuanian little son of end
Up - Welsh son of beg
vic Yugoslavian son of end
vich Yugoslavian son of end
vicius Lithuanian descendent of end
vitz Polish son of end
wiak Polish son of end
wicz Polish son of end
witz Polish son of end
*  The 'A' is lost over time; names become Bowen, Powell, etc.
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