Petrusewicz

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Petrusewicz is a Polish gender-neutral surname of Eash-Slavic origin. Archaic feminine forms: Petrusewiczowna (maiden name), Petrusewiczowa (surname by husband). It should be distinguished from the spelling Pietrusiewicz which conforms to the Polish phonology, which is usually a by-name in the noble Polish clan Wysoczański. It is a patronymic surname derived from the East Slavic given name Petrus', a diminutive of Piotr/Petro/Piatro (Peter).

Russian-language transliteration: Petrusevich, Belarusian: Petrusevich, Ukrainian: Petrusevych, Lithuanianized form: Petrusevičius. Latvian: Petrusēviča (feminine), Petrusēvičs (masculine)

Notable people with this surname include:

• Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz (1917–2015), Polish doctor, neurologist
• Marek Petrusewicz (1934–1992), Polish swimmer
• Kazimierz Petrusewicz, Polish Communist revolutionary, professor
• Kazimierz Adam Petrusewicz [ru], Polish and Russian revolutionary and lawyer

• Aleksey Petrusevich [ru] (1912– ?), Soviet engineer, recipient of Lenin and Stalin prizes
• Nikolai Petrusevich (1838–1880), Russian general, geologist, geographer, and scientist
• Ināra Petrusēviča (born 1969), Latvian artist

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