origin of surname Czerniejewski

Slav — Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:41 pm

Author: Slav

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:41 pm

Hi Paulski,

The root of this name is czern originating from the adjective czarny meaning “black”, czerń meaning “blackness” or “mob”. Also many places names gave rise to this and other associated surnames: Czerna, Czernecki, Czernek, Czerniak, Czerniakowski, Czerniawski, Czernicki, Czerniecki, Czerniejewski, Czerniewski, Czernik, Czernoch, Czerny.

Here you can listen to how Czerniejewski is pronounced:
http://www.ivona.com/pl/?tk=CuIAjTld3A

The Polish surnames database nazwiska-polskie, which is ultimately based on the official PESEL database as of the year 2002, shows the distribution of the surname and its variations (you have to look up the feminine and masculine endings separately):

Czerniejewski / Czerniejewska:
https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Czerniejewski

As you can see, people with this surname are particularly concentrated in a few counties of mid-western Poland: Poznaz, Gniezno, Slupca, Konin.

According to Spis Szlachty Polskiej (Register of Polish Nobility) published in 1887 in Lvov, a noble family with the name Czerniejewski vel Czerniejowski originated in Czerniec in Ruthenia (present-day Ukraine) in 1492; they had the Korczak coat of arms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korczak_coat_of_arms

You can click here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=Czerniejewski and http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=Czerniejewska to check what can be found about your surname in PolishOrigins Databases.

You already know the PolishOrigins Surnames Database tool, which can help you find other PolishOrigins members interested in a given surname.

I hope you will find this useful.

Czerniejewski

paulski64 — Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:33 pm

Author: paulski64

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:33 pm

Researching my surname, Czerniejewski. Anybody have information they can share please e-mail me.

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