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Rozalia



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Post Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:46 pm      Post subject:
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Whate is the meaning and origin of Ratasiewicz and Gongalewska? Thank you.
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Zenon
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Post Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:57 am      Post subject:
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Welcome Rozalia,

Rat-; Ratasiewicz from ancient dithematic Polish names such as Racibor, Racisław. Also, it may derive from name places such as Ratki, Ratków, Ratkowo.

In 2002 there were only 93 individuals using the surname Ratasiewicz living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Ratasiewicz . As you can notice concentration of this Ratasiewiczs is north-east corner of today's Poland, close to Polish Lithuanian border.

Listen how your surname is pronounced in Polish (speakers turned on): http://say.expressivo.com/ewa/ratasiewicz .



Gongalewski is most probably distorted form of surname Gągolewski, recorded also - especially in older documents - as Gongolewski

Gągolewski with its feminine form ending with "a" instead of "i" - Gągolewski - derives from Polish gęga- which means just „goose” or gęgać - „to gaggle”.

In 2002 there were 210 individuals using the surname Gągolewski or its variation Gongolewski living in Poland. Detailed map of the surnames distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/G%C4%85golewski , https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Gongolewski .

Listen how your surname is pronounced in Polish (speakers turned on): http://say.expressivo.com/m4OpxrIoi and female: http://say.expressivo.com/lHCsGdTm .

Click here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=g%C4%85golewski to check what can be found about your surname in Polish Genealogy Databases.



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