Origins of the surname Pająk

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:42 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:42 am

Some time ago, Dean posted the comment under our blog post How Surnames Came Into Being in Poland: https://blog.polishorigins.com/how-surnames-came-into-being-in-poland/ asking about the surname Pająk. Here are some notes concerning this surname:

Pająk is from Polish pająk- „spider” .

In 2008 there were 15491 individuals using the surname Pająk living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Paj%C4%85k

Listen how this surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): https://translate.google.pl/m/translate?hl=pl .

Click here https://polishorigins.com/?s=paj%C4%85k&x=0&y=0 to check what can be found about your surname in the PolishOrigins Databases. There are several PolishOrigins members interested in Pająk surname.

And here you can check the ocurrence of this surname in the records: https://geneszukacz.genealodzy.pl/index.php?search_lastname=Paj%C4%85k&from_date=&to_date=&rpp1=&bdm=&url1=&w=&lang=eng&op=se

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