Zaleski is a Polish surname. At the beginning of the 1990s there were approximately 4322 people in Poland with this surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Neumann is a German surname, with its origins in the pre-7th-century word neowe meaning "new", with mann, meaning man. The English form of the name is Newman. Von Neumann is a variant of the name, and alternative spellings include Neuman, Naumann(s), Numan, Nauman, Neiman, and Nyeman.
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.
Dąbrowski or Dabrowski is the 11th most common surname in Poland ; this is down from an apparent rank of 4th in 1990.
Reinhold is a German, male given name, originally composed of two elements. The first is from regin, meaning "the (German)Gods" or as an emphatic prefix (very) and wald meaning "powerful". The second element having been reinterpreted as hold meaning "loyal" in the 16th century.
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).
Wacław is a Polish masculine given name. It is a borrowing of Czech: Václav, Latinized as Wenceslaus.
Abramowicz, Abramovich, Abramowitz, and Abramovitz are variant spellings of a name meaning "son of Abraham" among Slavic language speaking peoples; it is a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews, for whom it is commonly Hebraized to Ben-Avraham (בן-אברהם) upon immigration to Israel.
Sowa is a surname with multiple origins, including Polish, Ghanaian, and Japanese.
Nowicki is a Polish and Jewish surname. It comes from place names such as Nowice, which are derived from the Polish adjective nowy ("new"). As a Jewish surname it is derived from the Hebrew word "nevuchim" (נבוכים) which refers to members of the Levite tribe. This name is commonly found among Jews in Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine. The surname is somewhat more frequent in central Poland. It has many forms in other languages.
Mayor is an English and Spanish-language surname with several etymological origins. The English-language name is sometimes a variant spelling of Mayer, and thus derived from the Middle English and Old French mair, maire ; this surname originated from the title of a mayor. The surname Mayor can also be derived from a nickname, derived from the Spanish mayor, meaning "older", borne by the elder of two individuals with the same name. Another origin of the surname is from an occupational name, derived from the Spanish major, meaning "governor", "chief". The surname can also be a Catalan variant of the surname Major, derived from major, meaning "greater", used to denote an elder son of a particular family or an important person. The surname Mayor can also be derived from the Yiddish personal name Meyer, which is derived from the Hebrew language Meir, which in turn means "enlightener".
Zawadzki is a Polish and Ukrainian surname. It is a toponymic surname derived from one of the numerous locations named Zawada or Zawady.
Bain or Bains is an English, French, Punjabi and Scottish surname. It may also be a variant form of a German surname.
Wilk is a surname of English and Polish-language origin.
Kutsche, with numerous other spellings, is a German surname with several etymologies, including one Hungarian, and several Slavic.
Dinsmore is a surname with Scottish and Welsh origins. It is a toponymic surname derived from the lands of Dundemore in Northern Fife, Scotland with origins in the 12th century. Another surname derived from the same location is Dunmore. Other spelling variants include Densmore and Dunsmore.
Durel is a French last name, mainly found originally in Normandy and derived from the French adjective dur + suffix -el. French variant forms include Dureau, Duret, Durelle and Durette. The Durel form was anglicized in Durell, Durrell. The English spelling -ell renders the French pronunciation of -el
Gontar is a Russian occupational surname that refers to a roofer or shingler, like Shingler in English and Schindler in German. The occupational meaning of Gontar is obsolete. It derives from Russian gont (гонт), shingle, from Polish gont, shingle, from Middle High German gant, beam, from Latin cantherius, rafter, from Greek kanthelion (κανθήλιον), rafter. The English word gantry also derives from the Latin cantherius.
Ermentraut is a rare German surname. Further Americanized variant spellings include Ermentrout, Armentrout, Armintrout, Armantrout and Armontrout.
