Polish Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 1 of 2)
241 common Polish family names. Open a name to read its last name meaning, its surname origin and the heraldry associated with it.
- English774 surnames
- Irish216 surnames
- Scottish147 surnames
- Welsh42 surnames
- Italian364 surnames
- German367 surnames
- French114 surnames
- Spanish351 surnames
- Polish241 surnames
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AdamczykPoland
Son of little Adam
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AdamiakPoland
"son of Adam"
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AdamskiPoland
Of Adam; from Adamy
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AndrzejewskiPoland
From Andrzejewo (Andrew's place)
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BąkPoland
Gadfly; bittern
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BanaszakPoland
"son of Banasz"
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BaranPoland
Ram
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BaranowskiPoland
"from Baranów"
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BednarekPoland
"little cooper"
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BieleckiPoland
"from Bielec"
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BielskiPoland
"from Bielsk"
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BłaszczykPoland
"son of Błażej"
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BocianPoland
Stork
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BorkowskiPoland
From Borek (small pine wood)
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BorowskiPoland
"pine forest"
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BrzezińskiPoland
"birch wood"
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BrzozowskiPoland
From the birch place
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BuczekPoland
"little beech"
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BujakPoland
"lush, sturdy"
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BukowskiPoland
From Buków, beech place
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ChmielPoland
"hops"
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ChmielewskiPoland
From Chmielewo (hop field)
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ChojnackiPoland
"from Chojnata"
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CichońPoland
"quiet one"
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CieślakPoland
Carpenter's son
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CieślikPoland
"carpenter's son"
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CybulskiPoland
"onion"
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CzajkaPoland
Lapwing
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CzajkowskiPoland
"lapwing"
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CzarneckiPoland
From a place named for black land
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CzechPoland
"Czech"
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CzerwińskiPoland
From Czerwin or Czerwińsk (red)
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DąbrowskiPoland
From Dąbrowa, "oak wood"
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DobrowolskiPoland
From Dobra Wola, good freedom
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DomanskiPoland
From Domanice or Domaniewo
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DrozdPoland
Thrush
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DudaPoland
"bagpipes"
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DudekPoland
Hoopoe (bird)
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DziedzicPoland
"heir, landowner"
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DzikPoland
Wild boar
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FijałkowskiPoland
"violet"
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FilipekPoland
"little Filip"
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GajewskiPoland
"grove"
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GąsiorPoland
"gander"
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GawrońskiPoland
"rook"
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GierczakPoland
Son of Gierek
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GłowackiPoland
Big-headed; from Głowaczów
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GołębiowskiPoland
From the place of doves
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GóreckiPoland
"from Górka"
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GórnyPoland
"upper"
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GórskiPoland
Of the hill / mountain
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GrabowskiPoland
From Grabów, place of hornbeams
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GruszkaPoland
Little pear
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GrzelakPoland
"son of Grzegorz"
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GrzybowskiPoland
"mushroom"
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GutowskiPoland
"from Gutowo"
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JabłońskiPoland
From Jabłonna, place of apple trees
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JakubowskiPoland
"from Jakubów"
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JanikPoland
Little John
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JankowskiPoland
From Janków, place of Janek (John)
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JaroszPoland
From the name Jarosław
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JasińskiPoland
From Jasień or Jasin
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JaworskiPoland
From Jaworów, sycamore place
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JędrzejczakPoland
"son of Jędrzej"
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JeżPoland
Hedgehog
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JóźwiakPoland
"son of Józef"
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KaczmarczykPoland
"innkeeper's son"
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KaczmarekPoland
Innkeeper's son, little innkeeper
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KaczorPoland
"drake"
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KalinowskiPoland
From Kalinowo (guelder rose)
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KalińskiPoland
"guelder rose"
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KamińskiPoland
From a stony place (Kamień)
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KaniaPoland
"kite"
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KaplanPoland
Priest
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KasprzakPoland
"son of Kasper"
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KaźmierczakPoland
Son of Kaźmierz (Casimir)
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KedzierskiPoland
From Kędzierzyn
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KępaPoland
River islet, clump of trees
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KlimekPoland
Little Clement
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KmiećPoland
Peasant farmer
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KolasaPoland
Cart, carriage
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KołodziejPoland
"wheelwright"
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KoniecznyPoland
"at the end"
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KopećPoland
"soot, smoke"
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KostrzewaPoland
Fescue grass
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KowalPoland
"smith"
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KowalczykPoland
Son of the blacksmith
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KowalewskiPoland
"smith's place"
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KowalikPoland
Little smith
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KowalskiPoland
Blacksmith's (from kowal)
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KozakPoland
"Cossack"
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KoziolPoland
Billy goat
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KozłowskiPoland
From Kozłów, linked to kozioł, "goat"
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KrajewskiPoland
"border land"
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KrawczykPoland
Tailor's son
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KrólPoland
King
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KrukPoland
Raven
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KrupaPoland
"groats"
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KrzemińskiPoland
"flint"
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KubackiPoland
From the name Kuba
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KubiakPoland
Son of Kuba (Jacob)
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KucharskiPoland
Cook; from Kuchary
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KujawaPoland
From Kujawy
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KurekPoland
"cockerel"
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KurowskiPoland
"from Kurów"
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KwiatkowskiPoland
From Kwiatków, linked to kwiat, "flower"
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KwiecieńPoland
April
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LaskowskiPoland
"woods, hazel"
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LeśniakPoland
Forest dweller
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LeszczynskiPoland
From the hazel place
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LewandowskiPoland
From Lewandów (lavender place)
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LewickiPoland
From Lewice
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LipinskiPoland
From the lime-tree place
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LisPoland
Fox
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LisowskiPoland
"fox"
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ŁukasikPoland
"son of Łukasz"
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MaciejewskiPoland
From Maciejewo (Maciej's place)
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MajchrzakPoland
Son of Melchior
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MajewskiPoland
From Majewo
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MakowskiPoland
"poppy"
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MalecPoland
Little one
Every surname can be researched, even if it isn't listed here.
Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.