Lopatin (surname)

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Lopatin (Russian: Лопатин), from lopata meaning spade, according to Boris Unbegaun (cf. surnames Lopatto, Lopata, Lopato), or from the Galician toponym Lopatyn, according to Heinrich Guggenheimer, is a surname which historically was common among Galician Jews and Karaites. In Russian, its feminine counterpart is Lopatina. It may refer to