NadiasUniverse
Joined: 13 Apr 2014
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Location: Lublin, PolandBack to top |
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:46 am
Post subject: Origins of surnames Różański, Wasil and others
Looking for any info on the folowing surnames:
Różański, Wasil, Szafranek, Pędrak, Kasprzak, Białoch, Krzysiak, Sałek, Syta, Malec, Galant
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:24 pm
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My great-grandmother was named Kate Krzysiak. She married Maciej Szymusiak. They lived in Ciche, Poland. I have no information on her parents or siblings.
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NadiasUniverse
Joined: 13 Apr 2014
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Location: Lublin, PolandBack to top |
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:39 am
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I asked my grandma about my great grandmother Marianna Krzysiak's and her father Paweł's family but she doesn't remember Kate. Also my family lived in Zielona, Chmiel or Antoniówka in lubelskie, Poland. That's where my research kinda stopped coz' I don't have any more information.
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Agnieszka PawlusPolishOrigins Team
Joined: 10 Mar 2013
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:44 am
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Dear NadiasUniverse,
I have checked in our databases what can be found about "your" surnames:
Różański, Różańska is toponym coming from such villages as Różan, Różany, Różanka, Różanna, Rożan, or originates from adjective różany, “rose, rosy”.
In 2002 there were 5645 male individuals using the surname Różański and 6463 female (Różańska) living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/R%C3%B3%C5%BCa%C5%84ski .
Listen how this surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): http://translate.google.com/#pl/en/R%C3%B3%C5%BCa%C5%84ski .
Click here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=Rozanski to check what can be found about your surname in the PolishOrigins Databases tool.
And here in PolishOrigins Surnames Databaseyou will find other PolishOrigins members interested in Różański surname: http://polishorigins.com/surnames/search/string/Rozanski .
Wasyl, Wasilis from Ukrainian given name Василь [Vasyľ]
In 2002 there were 1031 individuals using the surname Wasil living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Wasil .
Listen how your surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): http://translate.google.com/#pl/en/Wasil .
Click here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=Wasil to check what can be found about your surname in the PolishOrigins Databases tool.
And here in PolishOrigins Surnames Databaseyou will find other PolishOrigins members interested in Wasil surname: http://polishorigins.com/surnames/search/string/Wasil
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Agnieszka PawlusPolishOrigins Team
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:48 am
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Szafranek is from Polish szafran- „saffron”.
In 2002 there were 1554 individuals using the surname Szafranek living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Szafranek
Listen how your surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): http://translate.google.com/#pl/en/Szafranek .
Click here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=Szafranek to check what can be found about your surname in the PolishOrigins Databases tool.
Pedrak is from Polish pędrak- „bettle larva, boy”.
In 2002 there were 654 individuals using the surname Pędrak living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/P%C4%99drak .
Listen how this surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): http://translate.google.com/#pl/en/P%C4%99drak .
Click here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=P%C4%99drak to check what can be found about Pędrak surname in the PolishOrigins Databases tool.
Kasprzak is from given name Kasper, “Casper,” attested in Poland from the 14th century in such forms as Kasper, Kaspar, Gasper, Gaspar, and Kasfar — its derivation is uncertain, possibly < Persian kansbar, “guardian of the treasury”, this name is especially associated with the story of the Three Kings or Magi, Balthasar, Kasper, and Melchior.
In 2002 there were 17 285 individuals using the surname Kasprzak living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Kasprzak .
Listen how this surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button):http://translate.google.com/#pl/en/Kasprzak .
Click here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=Kasprzak to check what can be found about Kasprzak surname in the PolishOrigins Databases tool.
And here in PolishOrigins Surnames Databaseyou will find other PolishOrigins members interested in Kasprzak surname: http://polishorigins.com/surnames/search/string/Kasprzak
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Agnieszka PawlusPolishOrigins Team
Joined: 10 Mar 2013
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:53 am
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Białoch is from basic Slavic root that appears in Polish as biał- or biel‑, as in biały,
“white,” biel, “the color white,” bielić, “to whiten, paint white which takes similar forms in other Slavic languages, e.g., Ukr. білий [bílyi], Blrs. белы [bély], Russ. белый [bélyi], Czech bilý, all
meaning “white” — this root appears in many place names (often with the meaning “swamp, marsh”) and personal names (compare the surname White and the nickname “Whitey” in English)
In 2002 there were 118 individuals using the surname Białoch living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Bia%C5%82och .
Listen how this surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): http://translate.google.com/#pl/en/Bia%C5%82och .
Click here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=Bia%C5%82och to check what can be found about your surname in the PolishOrigins Databases tool.
Krzysiak is name element Krzys- <from given names Krzysztof, Krzysztyn, etc.
In 2002 there were 1658 individuals using the surname Krzysiak living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Krzysiak .
Listen how this surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): http://translate.google.com/#pl/en/Krzysiak .
Click here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=Krzysiak to check what can be found about your surname in the PolishOrigins Databases tool.
Sałek surname: there is confusion of roots sal- and szal- from various sources, such as short forms of the given names Salomon or Salezy, or from word szalić, “to cheat, lie,” szala, “scale,” szaleć, “to rage, be frantic; to revel,” or szał, “fit of insanity, frenzy”
In 2002 there were 3302 individuals using the surname Sałek living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Sa%C5%82ek
Listen how your surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): http://translate.google.com/#pl/en/Sa%C5%82ek.
Click here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=Sa%C5%82ek to check what can be found about your surname in the PolishOrigins Databases tool.
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Agnieszka PawlusPolishOrigins Team
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