Jedrzejczyk

Zenon — Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:22 pm

Author: Zenon

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:22 pm

Dj wrote:

(...)I am interested in locating records about their parents etc and any general information about this surname and stories relating to migration on this vessel. Their names are Sylvester and Anna Jedrzejczyk.

Whole text of Dj's message: http://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?t=155

Jędrzejczyk, Jędrzejczak, Jędr- (the second is "e" with a hook below - "ę"); from the first name Jędrzej variant form of Andrzej, English Andrew.

Both surnames are among first 1000 most popular surnames in Poland. In 2002 there were 9307 people using the surname Jędrzejczyk. The most lived in Radomsko (543), Lodz (380) and in Warsaw (302).

Sources:
- Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings by William F. Hoffman, Chicago, 1998.

- Database of surnames used in Poland compiled in 2002 by prof. K.Rymut - Dictionary of Surnames in Current Use in Poland.

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