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Abramczyk (variously transliterated into other languages as: Abramczik, Abramcyk, Abramcik, Abramchik, Abramchyk, Abramtchik, Abramschik, Abramtshik, Abramtschik, Abrahmczyk, Abrahmcik, Abrahmchik, Abrahmtzik, Abramtzik, Abramčyk, Abramčik; Belarusian : Абрамчык, Russian: Абрамчик; Hebrew: אברמציק, אברמצ'יק; Yiddish: אַבראַמטשיק; Arabic: ابرامسزيك) is a Slavic surname of distant Jewish origin, most predominantly coming from Poland, [1] and nowadays met mainly among Polish Roman Catholics. It is a patronymic surname derived from a Hebrew name 'Abram' – the original name of the biblical 'Abraham'.
Banach is a Jewish surname of Ashkenazi origin believed to stem from the translation of the phrase "son of man", combining the Hebrew word ben and Arameic nasha ("man"). Worth mentioning is how the Sephardic surname Banache presents a variant with the -ache alternative ultima, common in other Jewish surnames such as Farache, Ayache, Nakache, Harache or Marrache.
Wiśniewski is the third most common surname in Poland. It is a toponymic surname derived from any of the locations named Wiśniewa, Wiśniewo, Wiśniowa, Wiśniew. It is related to the following surnames in other languages:
Kowalczyk is the fifth most common surname in Poland. The name comes from the word "blacksmith".
Wojciechowski is the 16th most common surname in Poland and also the third most common in Greater Poland (12,928). It is derived from the Polish first name Wojciech.
Kaczmarek is the 18th most common surname in Poland and the second most popular in Greater Poland (24,185) and Lubusz Land (3,121). The name is a diminutive from the Old Polish version of the word karczmarz, meaning "innkeeper".
Zając is one of the most common surnames in Poland and the third most popular in Lesser Poland. The English translation of this surname is "hare". The surname occasionally appears as Zajonc due to the Polish pronunciation of ą as "on", however, the vowel is usually rendered as "a" outside Poland, producing Zajac. The latter form may also come from Slovak, Sorbian, Serbo-Croatian, or Belarusian cognates.
Krakowski is a Polish surname. It is a toponymic surname referring to the city of Kraków and environs. It appears in various forms in other languages.
Kovalchuk, Kavalchuk, Kowalczuk (Polish), Covalciuc (Romanian), also transliterated as Kowalchuk, is a common East Slavic surname. The Kovalchuk name extends back to before 1500 AD in Kievan Rus.
Piotrowski is a Polish surname derived from the masculine given name Piotr (Peter). The name, and its variations indicate a family's origin as being from a town, such as for instance Piotrów and Piotrowo, or a toponym deriving from a holding, manor or estate. Variants and related names include Piotrowicz, Piotrowiak, Piotrowsky, Pietrowski, Pietrkowski, Pietrowsky, and Pietrowiak.
Ostrowski is a surname of Polish-language origin. In Poland, the surname is a toponym for many place names that start with 'Ostrow' such as Ostrow-Wielkopolski or Ostrowiec. In Russia, the surname Ostrovsky may have indicated someone who hailed from the Russian city of Ostrov. It is related to a number of surnames in other languages.
Grabowski is a Polish surname with forms in various languages. The Belarusian and Ukrainian variants are generally transcribed beginning with an 'h' but may also be written with a 'g'. It is also found in German surnames from the Silesia region of old Prussia.
Adamczyk is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Majewski is a surname. It is derived from Polish place names such as Majewo and the Polish word for the month of May (maj). It is related to surnames in several other languages.
Mikola Abramchyk was a Belarusian journalist and emigre politician of Ottoman Jewish and Armenian descent and president of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in exile during 1943–1970.
Milewski, Milevsky, Milevski or Miļevskis is a surname which appears in many countries in various forms:
Godlewski, Godlevsky, Hodlevskyi, or Hadleŭski is a surname with variants in multiple languages. Its Belarusian and Ukrainian forms are generally transcribed beginning with an 'h' but may also appear with a 'g'.
Rybak or Ribak is a Slavic surname meaning "fisherman" in Belarusian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian. A spelling variant is Ryback.
Dudek is a surname of Slavic origin, coming from the territories of Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. From Polish it means "a hoopoe". The Czech/Slovak feminine form is Dudková.
Dziuba or Dzyuba is a surname of Polish, Belarusian and Ukrainian origins. It may refer to:
Guz or Huz is a surname that is common in Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. It is often transliterated as Huz from Belarusian and Ukrainian.