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This is the 1840s confirmation record of a Russian convert to Catholicism. The names of his parents back in Kamchatka, probably orally reported to the Spanish-speaking priest who wrote in the register book, are recognizably Russian except for the word that resembles Macorís.

I haven't been able to find any similar name or surname. Is it after all Russian?

Confirmation record

Jose Bolcoff [Осип Волков]. Son of Jacobo Bolcoff [Яков Волков] and Ana Macorís [?]. Godfather Francisco Soria.

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    The most similar surname I can match is Macarova (Макарова). – artptr Oct 08 '17 at 10:33
  • I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is not a question about Russian language and it won't help other Russian language learners. – shabunc Oct 08 '17 at 11:11
  • Maybe some west-Ukrainian (polish?) surname? just remembering the Green Triangle – Arioch Oct 09 '17 at 14:37
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    There is a very rare last name Макорий (Makoriy). As an a example, it's mentioned here: https://www.ronl.ru/referaty/raznoe/533957 Makoriy could be a variation of Makariy (Макарий). The latter is used more often as a first name rather than the last name. – Vitaly Oct 10 '17 at 14:14
  • @Vitaly spasibo -- that's a good match and makes me think that it could be a derived from a priestly name. – Aaron Brick Oct 10 '17 at 15:57

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