Kowalczyk is the fifth most common surname in Poland (98,739 people in 2009). [1] The name comes from the word "blacksmith".
Kowalczyk is the fifth most common surname in Poland (98,739 people in 2009). [1] The name comes from the word "blacksmith".
The surname may refer to:
Nagy is the most common Hungarian surname, meaning "great".
Woźniak is a Polish surname. It was the tenth most common surname in Poland in 2009.
Wiśniewski is the third most common surname in Poland. It is a toponymic surname derived from any of locations named Wiśniewa, Wiśniewo, Wiśniowa, Wiśniew. It is related to the following surnames in other languages:
Wójcik, Wojczik, Wojczyk, Wojszyk is one of the oldest Polish surnames, and the fourth most common in Poland . Archaic feminine forms are derived by adding suffixes: -owa for married woman and -ówna for maiden name.
Lewandowski is a Polish-language surname. In other languages it may be transliterated as Lewandowsky, Levandovski, Levandovsky, Levandovskyy, Levandoski, Levandovskiy.
Szymański is the ninth most common surname in Poland with about 114 075 people sharing it by 2015.
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".
Kwiatkowski is the 15th most common surname in Poland. It comes from place names such as Kwiatków, Kwiatkowo, or Kwiatkowice, which are derived from the Polish word kwiatek ("flower"). Associated with this surname are the Polish noble families bearing the seals of Drogomir, Gryf, Jastrzębiec, Korab, Nałęcz, Nowina, Rola, Strzemię, Wieruszowa, or Własne.
Kovač, meaning "blacksmith" in South Slavic languages, is a common surname in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia.
Kovačić, alternatively spelled Kovačič in Slovene and Slovak, Kovacsics in Hungarian, or transliterated as Kovacic/Kovacich/Kovachich in English, is one of the most common surnames in Croatia, Slovenia, as well as Hungary and Serbia. Etymologically it is a patronymic derivative of the surname Kovač, which is a Slavic cognate of the English surname Smith, and as such is closely related to the similar surname Kovačević.
Kaminski or Kamiński is a surname of Polish origin. It is the sixth most common surname in Poland.
Zieliński is the eighth most common surname in Poland, and is also common in other countries in various forms. The first Polish records of the surname date to the 15th century. Without diacritical marks, it is spelled Zielinski. The Russianized form is Zelinski (Зелинский).
Krawczyk is the 17th most common surname in Poland. Tailor's Son is an English translation of the name. The Polish root krawiec translates as tailor and the suffix czyk as son of.
Mazur is the 14th most common surname in Poland. It signifies someone from northern Mazovia and has been known since the 15th century.
Kovács or Kovacs, meaning blacksmith, is one of the most common Hungarian family names.
Kovalchuk, Kavalchuk, Kowalczuk (Polish), Covalciuc (Moldovan/Romanian), also transliterated as Kowalchuk, is a common East Slavic surname. The Kovalchuk name extends back to before 1500 AD in Kievan Rus.
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'.
Covaci is the Romanian form of the name Kovač (Ковач), meaning "forger" or "blacksmith" in Slavic languages.
Krupa is a surname of Slavic origin, meaning "barley", usually found in Polish, Slovak, and eastern German regions. Notable people with the surname include:
