My Russian surnames?

Question

I've been curious to know the meanings of the surnames of my old Russian ancestors, I don't know if I'm spelling them right...

Levintov

Melnikov

Kaminkovich?(not sure on the spelling)

If anyone speaks Russian or something that'd be great if I could get an idea of where I'm coming from. Thanks

Answer 1

I'm not sure these are right, and I'm not that great at Russian surnames.

The first one, Levintov, has no apparent meaning, although it sounds like the Russian name "Lёва" (Lyova; Leonid, Leo).

Melnikov, comes from the word "мельница" (melnica), which means windmill. Melnikov, then means somebody who works with windmills.

With Kaminkovich, I can only think of "камин" (kamin), which means fireplace.