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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Greek: shortened form of patronymic surnames such as Anastassiadis, Anastassopoulos, Anastassakopoulos, and Anastassakos, derived from the personal name Anastasios ‘resurrection’.
  2. Ukrainian: from the personal name Anastas, from Greek Anastassios (see 1).