What is "zukauskas"

Žukauskas is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. It derives from the Slavic word zhuk for " bug". Polish counterpart: Żukowski, Russian counterpart: Zhukovsky. Its feminine forms are: Žukauskienė (married woman or widow) and Žukauskaitė (unmarried woman).

The surname may refer to:

• Eurelijus Žukauskas, basketball player of Lithuanian national basketball team;
• Mindaugas Žukauskas, basketball player of Lithuanian national basketball team;
• Silvestras Žukauskas, general in the Russian army, and later in his native Lithuania, after it regained its independence in 1918;
• Antanas Žukauskas, Lithuanian writer, dramatist and one of the most famous realistic prosaists.