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pet_pamperer

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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:03 pm Post subject: Kwiatkowski and Butkiewitcz

Hello I am looking for history of origin of surnames of my grandparents on my fathers side and

would like some help on surnames Kwiatkowski and Butkiewitcz. Anything you could find out would greatly enhance my day!

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Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:02 am Post subject:

Welcome Pet,

Kwiatkowski, Kwiat-; from Polish kwiat - flower.

In 2002 there were 65,558 using the surname Kwiatkowski (Kwiatkowska for females) living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Kwiatkowski .

In 19th century there were following noble families:

Kwiatkowski coat of arms Gryf from Kwiatkowice
Kwiatkowski coat of arms Jastrzębiec in Warsaw province
Kwiatkowski coat of arms Nowina from Kwiatkowo
Kwiatkowski coat of arms Szala - Nowina (no more information)

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

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

And here you will find other PolishOrigins members interested in Kwiatkowski surname:http://polishorigins.com/surnames/search/string/kwiatkowski .

Butkiewicz, But-;from Polish buta - pride, arrogance or bucić się - to prance, flaunt.

In 2002 there were 2956 individuals using the surname Butkiewicz living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Butkiewicz .

In 19th century there were following noble families:

Butkiewicz coat of arms Jastrzębiec on Żmudź (or Samogitia, today's Lithuania territory)
Butkiewicz coat of arms Trzaska (no more information)

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

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

And here you will find other PolishOrigins members interested in Butkiewicz surname: http://polishorigins.com/surnames/search/string/butkiewicz .

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