Surnames associated with towns or villages

My Gandmother and Grandfather are Polish, and came over after the war as displaced people. Our surname is Pacyna.

I have been told the family came by the name Pacyna (many many years ago), due ot the fact that they lived in the village of "Pacyna" during the cenus. I have also heard that like in the UK surnames in Poland can be traced back to trades/proffesions, and that Pacyna would have meant "police/authority".

Does anyone ahve any information to enlighten me ??

Many Thanks.

haha thats funny cuz pacyna means head

u actually made me laugh

yeah, it would be interesting to find out more about names associated with towns
and villages.. can anyone give some examples?

good thread.

It means head? In the American sense of "Head" ? Or a general "head" ?

no, rather something like 'nob'
funny way of saying it
'head' in polish : 'głowa'