Surnames: Warchola, Chawula

[Lvivske]

Going through old boxes of my grandmothers old receipts, tax forms and other stow-aways I found some gems. No, not the $2500 in cash I've found in envelopes so far some last names from my grandparents wedding certificate

grandfathers mother: Warchola
grandmothers mother: Chawula

These were from French forms so bear in mind that transliteration, but what's the background of these names? Warhola obviously sounds very 'Andy Warhol' so Rusyn clearly....but anything else you geneology geniuses can help with?


ps: can anyone help me with the surname, either spelled "jurewa, jerewa, or yuriva" (there's a village in Kyiv area called Жарева, sounds like root might be russian word for "fry" but its such a mystery still....)

[IreneLviv]

Is it a lady' s name: Юрьева? (Юрьєва - in Ukrainain) Man: Юрьев
from Yuri - George??

[Lvivske]

yes, it's a womans name....and yeah that idea (yuri-ev) has crossed my mind....is that a common name in ukraine?

[IreneLviv]

It is Russian name ending: - ov/-ova, -.ev/-eva
It is common in East Ukraine