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cyndi

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Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:41 pm Post subject: Kiejna and or Michalski

an info would be appreciated..thanks

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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:45 am Post subject:

Cyndi,

This is what I found about:

Kiejna is rather uncommon surname. I have found its meaning nor origin in my sources.

In 2002 there were only 65 people using the surname Kiejna living in Poland. Most lived in Wroclaw. Detailed map can be found here https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Kiejna .

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

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

Michał-; Michalski from Hebrew name Mikha'el, "who is like God?". Polish Michał, English Michael.

In contrast to the previous surname, Michalski is a very popular last name in the whole Poland. In 2002 there were more than 26 000 men and almost 27 000 women using the surname Michalski (or its female form Michalska) living in Poland. Detailed map can be found here https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Michalski .

In 19th century there were following noble families:

Michalski coat of arms Łodzia
Michalski coat of arms Korczak
Michalski Jan ennobled in 1768
Michalski coat of arms Trzaska from Rejów, Halicz region (now Ukraine)

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

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

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cyndi

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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:35 pm Post subject: kiejna and or Michalski

thanks for the information. It is interesting our american pronunciation is the same as the Polish..We have kept it correctly..Just need to search further now..
thanks again

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