Quote Originally Posted by Johanna
Which countries other than Russia uses patronymics?
I think of Arabic countries they use "ibn" to indicate patronymic relation.
Also there is the wikipage which reveals a lot about history of patronyms an matronyms for Nordic countries like Sweden! Briefly many family names originate from patronyms or matronyms with the use of ending -son or -dotter. You can also find the patronymic origins in Scotland for Family names with the prefix Mac-.