Urban from given name Urban appearing in Poland from 13th century, of Latin origin from 'urbanus' "urban, inhabitant of a city".
Slawinski or, with Polish letters, Sławiński from the town of Sławno (a few villages). For the first time the surname appears in written sources in 1397.
Szach-; Szachowicz from szach "shah", or szachy "chess", or in Jewish names siftey, kohen "lips of the priest", pen name of a prominent Vilnius rabbi.
Guz-; (most probably) Guziejewski from guz "bulge, bump".
Detailed maps of deployment all of the surnames can be found here:
https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/ after entering the surname into "Szukaj" field and clicking "Znajdź".
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:54 pm
Post subject: ORIGINS OF MY FAMILY NAMES-URBAN, SLAWINSKI, SZACHOWICZ, GUZ
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