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richardmurek



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Post Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:07 pm      Post subject:
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Does anyone know the meaning of the surname "Murek"..thank you.
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Post Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:34 pm      Post subject:
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richardmurek wrote:
Does anyone know the meaning of the surname "Murek"..thank you.


Murek - 1494 w grupie nazwisk pochodzących od mur, też od podstawy mor-; od gwarowego murek ‘człowiek ponury’.

http://www.stankiewicze.com/index.php?kat=44&sub=814

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Post Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:14 am      Post subject:
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Richard,

Some additional information about Murek surname:

From Hoffman's Polish surnames: Murek can mean “little wall” [St], also
from dialect murek is a “gloomy fellow" (this is the same explanation that Gilbero gave you).

In 2002 there were 598 individuals using the surname Murek living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Murek

Listen how this surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): https://translate.google.com/#pl/en/Murek.

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