Slavic
Polish family heritage
The Slavic lands, Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, Russian and the South Slavs.
Clan Rising is the living atlas of European family heritage, built one people at a time. Polish heritage is now on the map, the meaning of your surname, the homeland it came from, and the stories that travelled with it into the diaspora.
On the map
Where Polish heritage sits in Europe
This is the homeland on the modern map. The names below already file here; the heritage regions that subdivide it, and the deeper map, are coming next.
Polish names already in the atlas
- NowakThe newcomer, the commonest name in Poland.Nowak surname meaning & origin โ
- KowalskiOf the smith, Poland's Smith, in the gentry's -ski.Kowalski surname meaning & origin โ
- WiลniewskiOf the cherry-village, a name 'of' the land.Wiลniewski surname meaning & origin โ
- WรณjcikThe headman's boy, son of the village bailiff.Wรณjcik surname meaning & origin โ
- KowalczykThe smith's apprentice, Kowalski's young cousin.Kowalczyk surname meaning & origin โ
- KamiลskiOf the stone-place, a name from rocky ground.Kamiลski surname meaning & origin โ
- LewandowskiOf Lewandรณw, and the great No. 9.Lewandowski surname meaning & origin โ
- ZieliลskiOf the green place, a name from the meadows.Zieliลski surname meaning & origin โ
- SzymaลskiOf Szymon's place, the Polish Simon, landed.Szymaลski surname meaning & origin โ
- WoลบniakThe beadle's man, usher, or carter.Woลบniak surname meaning & origin โ
- Dฤ browskiOf the oak-grove, and the national anthem.Dฤ browski surname meaning & origin โ
- KozลowskiOf the goat-village, a name from the herds.Kozลowski surname meaning & origin โ
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