Kozak or Kozák is a Slavic surname literally meaning "Cossack". Notable people with the surname or name include:
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:
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.
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.
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:
Polak is the Polish noun for a Pole. It is also a surname. In 2020 there were over 21,500 persons with the surname in Poland.
Krol is a surname of several possible origins.
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.
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.
Shevchuk, Shewchuk, Schewchuk, Ševčuk, Sevcuk, Szewczuk, or Chevchuk is a widespread Ukrainian surname. It is derived from the Ukrainian word shvets, "cobbler/shoemaker", and the suffix -uk, denoting descent. It is also related to Shevchyk, a less common Ukrainian surname. The Polish version of the surname is "Szewczuk" and is used by Poles, which is also related to the Polish surname "Szewczyk".
Hruška is a Czech and Slovak occupational surname, which means a grower or seller of pears, from hruška ("pear"). The name may refer to:
Stankiewicz, Stankevich, or Stankievič,Stakwitz (Brasil), is a Polish and Belarusian surname. It appears in various forms depending on the language.
Adamowski is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bodnar or Bodnár is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Tomczak is a Polish 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:
Bonk is a surname. It is a variant of the Polish surname Bąk, which has several meanings, including Botaurus, horse-fly, child, and bumblebee.
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.
Tkacz is a Polish occupational surname meaning "weaver". Notable people with this surname include:
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