FACT: "Wrono" is probably another form of "Wrona". Wrona is a word that means crow, so was likely
used as a nickname for someone who looked like a crow.
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Wrono History
Word of mouth states that for the Wrono's in America, the surname was originally Vrona, and was changed to Wrona/Wrono once coming to the US due to a
spelling error.
The surname Vorona/Vrona is of East Slavic origin and means 'crow'. It is written as 'Ворона' in Russian and Ukrainian, and 'Варона' in Belarusian.
Vrona is most frequently found in Ukraine, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 288,118. In Ukraine it is most prevalent in: Khmelnytskyi Oblast,
where 38 percent live, Volyn Oblast, where 15 percent live and Vinnytsia Oblast, where 11 percent live. Not including Ukraine, this surname is found in
11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 35 percent live, and in Russia, where 16 percent live.
Some of the key surnames in my Wrono tree are:
- Weiner
- Blumenfield
- Jacobs
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