[Surname] Re: Meaning of surname "Meshcheriakov"
by Jim Young (guest)
2/17/2011, 2:42 AM
One source gives Meshcheriak as the name of a Russian-based Turkic or Tatar tribe. However, I wonder if this refers to the Meshchera tribe, whose language is Finno-Ugrian, i.e., related to Finnish, etc., and not Turkic.