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Exactly, Sergeev syn means Sergey's son, but Sergeev means just Sergey's. That's the difference.
The man who was called "Sergeev" could be Sergey's son or Sergey's servant, or other.[/quote]

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You are wrong.

These surnames, for example Сергеев were originally, Сергеев сын. The syn was later dropped. Almost always, if the name was derived from someone's name it was the father's.
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I was merely reacting to your claim that in "-off -eff" in English meant 'of' because of the similarity (and that is why they are translated like that).

In any case, Sergeyev does not mean...

The English 'of' does has something to do with it, it has a lot to do with it.

-ов / -ев is a short form possesive ending, which in English translates as of

The surname Sergeyev = "of Sergey" =...

Actually, that is misleading. The -off -eff ending of Russian last names in English (I should say in the latin alphabet) just means that when the Russian family emigrated, they landed in France. In...

The suffix -ov / -ev, sometimes written as -off, -eff in English means 'of'.

This is a really (Edited out. L.) question because you've devided and isolated part of the surname which doesn't on its own mean anything

I could say what does the -bj- mean in the word "Subject....