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AndreaC

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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:45 pm Post subject: kleczkowski

does anyone know the origin or meaning of the surname kleczkowski?

Zenon
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:24 am Post subject:

Andrea,

Klecz-; Kleczkowski, Kleczkowska(female) - from old Polish klecz - kind of fish, kleczka - rattle or kleczyć - "to remove honeycombs from the hive".

In 2002 there were 1140 individuals using the surname Kleczkowski (Kleczkowska) living in Poland. Detailed map of the surname distribution can be found here: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Kleczkowski .

There were following noble families:

Kleczkowski coat of arms Cholewa in Prussia (1620)
Kleczkowski, boyar family from Kovel region in Volhynia (1628)

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

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

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