Bierut is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bolesław Bierut was a Polish communist activist and politician, leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1947 until 1956. He was President of the State National Council from 1944 to 1947, President of Poland from 1947 to 1952, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1948 to 1956, and Prime Minister of Poland from 1952 to 1954. Bierut was a self-educated person. He implemented aspects of the Stalinist system in Poland. Together with Władysław Gomułka, his main rival, Bierut is chiefly responsible for the historic changes that Poland underwent in the aftermath of World War II. Unlike any of his communist successors, Bierut led Poland until his death.
Woźniak is a Polish surname. It was the tenth most common surname in Poland in 2009.
Kowalczyk is the fifth most common surname in Poland. The name comes from the word "blacksmith".
Łukasiewicz is a Polish surname. It comes from the given name Łukasz (Lucas). It is found across Poland, particularly in central regions. It is related to the surnames Łukaszewicz and Lukashevich.
Zimerman is a surname a variant of "Zimmermann". Notable people with this surname include:
Hofman is a Dutch toponymic or occupational surname. In the Netherlands, exactly 10,000 people carried the name in 2007, while in Belgium, 1707 people were named Hofman in 1998.
Adamczyk is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pawlikowski is a Polish surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Abramczyk is a Slavic surname of distant Jewish origin, most predominantly coming from Poland, 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'.
Kowal is a Polish surname meaning "smith". It may refer to:
Kaczorowski is a Polish surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Młynarski is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Szulc is a Polish surname, a version of the German surname Schulz. Notable people with the surname include:
Chernyak, Czerniak, Czarniak, Cherniak or Cherniack is a gender-neutral Slavic surname. It is derived from čьrnъ ("black").
Szwarc is a Polonized-Yiddish version of the German surname Schwartz.
Pinkert is a German language occupational surname for a blacksmith which is also to be found among Ashkenazi Jews and may refer to:
Kuchar is a Slavic language surname. It may refer to:
Kotlarz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kocot is a Polish surname and like the related Kohut, Kohout or Kogut derived from a Proto-Slavic rootword (*kokotъ) for "rooster" and a nickname for a conceited or sexually active man. Notable people with the surname include:
Rolnik is a Polish-language surname literally meaning "farmer". The Lithuanized form is Rolnikas.