In Hungary, surnames ending in "-shi" are the most common. Moreover, their patronymic character is also beyond doubt (in Hungarian, "shi" is written as "si"): Nyilasi, Tamasi, Fogarasi, Szepesi, Szelesi, Babosi, Lisztesi, Borbasi, Csordasi, Dudasi, Farkasi, Fazekasi, Gyepesi, Halmosi, Kardosi, Kerekesi, Kincsesi, Kocsisi, Komlosi, Korsosi, Lantosi, Fenyvesi, Majorosi, Mariasi, Markosi, Martosi, Nagymarosi, Nemesi, Palinkasi, Palotasi, Sarosi, Sebesi, Siposi, Solymosi, Szentesi, Vasasi, Vermesi.
The evidence of the patronymic origin of the ending is the surname "Fogarashi", the root of which - Fogara - is found as a separate surname.
See also Albanian and Algerian surnames ending in [-shi].
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