Looking for a Greek surname

Hello, neighbors!

My great great grandfather was a Greek, who emigrated to Bulgaria around 1913. He was born in Elefteropoli, near Kavala, but during communism my family'd lost connection with the Greek side. I'm trying to find out what his real surname might have been. He used Bulgarianised names here Stratiya Filipov Dzhaponov(you read Dzha like ja in jar)(Stratos Filippou), but we have no idea what his real surname might have been. His Bulgarian one is a loan/slang for "fox" or "clever like a fox".

Any analogs or similar surnames in Greek?

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Originally Posted by djipon

Hello, neighbors!

My great great grandfather was a Greek, who emigrated to Bulgaria around 1913. He was born in Elefteropoli, near Kavala, but during communism my family'd lost connection with the Greek side. I'm trying to find out what his real surname might have been. He used Bulgarianised names here Stratiya Filipov Dzhaponov(you read Dzha like ja in jar)(Stratos Filippou), but we have no idea what his real surname might have been. His Bulgarian one is a loan/slang for "fox" or "clever like a fox".

Any analogs or similar surnames in Greek?

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This maybe not sure

https://www.ancestry.com/search/cate...rs&o_xid=62916

Filippou looks like your grandparent's last name, from first glance.

It indicates paternal ancestry, the son of Phillip.

*Update*

I contacted a man from Elefteropoli, a local historian. Turns out the two possible surnames could be Zaponis and Grosdanis, as my great-great grandfather was Grozdanov by documents in Bulgaria, and Dzhaponov on his grave stone. A lead to all this was the nickname his wife used to refer to his family - Ganoslii (the ones from Ganos). Turns out almost all of Elefteropoli is refugees from Ganos, Turkey.