Russian/Jewish- Most Suraskys immigratedstok. the area around Bialystok. The Aiken, S.C Suraskys immigrated from a nearby town town, Knyszyn. Menachim Mendle Surasky's 5 sons and one daughter arrived from circa 1980 to 1900. The last to arrive, Abraham Surasky, was murdered by Lee Green while out peddling on 1903.