Tkacz is a Polish occupational surname meaning "weaver". Notable people with this surname include:
Jankowski is the 13th most common surname in Poland. Many village estates were named Jankowa or Jankowice in 13th and 14th century Poland, producing at least twelve unrelated families with this surname. Over thirty place names with 'Jankow' as a prefix remain in modern Poland. In most cases, the originator of the surname was a landowner of a reasonably sized estate. Landowners often formed their surnames by adding the suffix '-ski', meaning 'of', to the estate name. They generally had considerable prestige and legal rights as the use of '-ski' indicated their adoption into the Polish nobility termed szlachta. To distinguish the different Jankowski szlachta families, they each used an additional identifier signifying their armorial crest or clan, termed 'herb' in Polish.
Zajac is a common Slavic name, meaning “hare”. Variants include Zajtich, Zaek, Zając, Zajec, Zajić, Zajíc, Zayak, Zayats, Zayets, Zients, Ziontz, Zionce, and Zajonc. A related Russian surname is Zaytsev. Notable people with the surname include:
Wróbel is a Polish surname. The same surname is sometimes spelled Wrubel or Vrubel, reflecting its pronunciation. Czech, Slovak, and Slovene cognates include Vrabel, Vrabec, and Brabec.
Wilczek is a surname of Polish-language origin. A diminutive form of Wilk, it means "little wolf" in Polish. It is used by 9,000–10,000 people in Poland, with the greatest number found in Silesia, Podhale, the Warsaw region, Lublin and Łańcut. The surname may refer to:
Sýkora is a surname of Czech and Slovak language origin. It is related to the Polish surname Sikora. All are derived from a Slavic word for birds of the Paridae (tit) family which was used as a nickname for a small, agile person.
Sedlák is a Czech surname, which means a 'peasant farmer' or 'freeman farmer' who was relatively wealthy and owned his own land.
Stankiewicz, Stankevich, or Stankievič,Stakwitz (Brasil), is a Polish and Belarusian surname. It appears in various forms depending on the language.
Bodnar or Bodnár is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adamek is a Slavic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ševčík is a Czech and Slovak occupational surname, derived from the profession of Švec, "shoemaker". It is related to the Polish name Szewczyk. Notable people include:
Chowaniec is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adamiec is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Głowacki, Glovatsky, Hlovatskyi, Golovatsky, or Holovatskyi is a surname derived from golva. Its Ukrainian and Belarusian forms are generally transcribed beginning with an 'H' but may also be written with a 'G'.
Cieśla is an occupational surname derived from the Polish word for the occupation of carpentry. It may refer to:
Stefański is a Polish-language surname. It may be derived either from the place name Stefany or from the given name Stefan (Stephen). The name was recorded in Poland at least since 1775.
Olczyk is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kachur is a Ukrainian surname meaning "drake". Alternative transliterations include Kaczur, Kačur, Katchur, Katchour and Katschur. It is a cognate of the Polish surname Kaczor.
Czarnota is a Polish surname derived from the color black. Notable people with the surname include:
Tkaczyk is a Polish occupational surname meaning "weaver". Notable people with this surname include:
Stanowski is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include: