gmitro-classify surname

[Lada]

My surname is Gmitro. It s not typical surname for country I m from- Slovakia. There are some Slovacs with this name or a little bit different, like Mitro, Dmitro. For some people it sounds russian, but it s not. Some people say the origin of this surname is in Bulgaria, or from Demetrios of Soluneia. So, what do you think, from which country does it come from?

[Bulair]

It's more likely that your surname originates from Russia, although it might as well be a misinterpretated Bulgarian name.

EDIT:I searched an online phone book of Sofia and I found 10 people with the surname Gmitrov, which is somewhat close to Gmitro, but still it's a rather unusual surname even in Bulgaria.

[bocian]

No Gmitro, but there are 104 with the Gmitrowicz surname in Poland, 50 of those in Zakopane, southern Poland... quite close Slovakia.

[Vojvoda]

Originally Posted by Lada

My surname is Gmitro. It s not typical surname for country I m from- Slovakia. There are some Slovacs with this name or a little bit different, like Mitro, Dmitro. For some people it sounds russian, but it s not. Some people say the origin of this surname is in Bulgaria, or from Demetrios of Soluneia. So, what do you think, from which country does it come from?

This is interesting

Place of origin for Gmitro family in the U.S., although it could just mean 'Austria-Hungary'. I got Austria, Hungary and France when I typed in my surname

[Vojvoda]

Originally Posted by bocian

No Gmitro, but there are 104 with the Gmitrowicz surname in Poland, 50 of those in Zakopane, southern Poland... quite close Slovakia.

Gmitrovic is also a surname found in Serbia.