Is Tulowitzki a Polish name?

He's a potential rookie of the year winner for the national league. Haven't found any information by googling.

I think it is germanizated name Tulkowicki (Polish-Lithuanian nobel)

Tulowitzki seems to be a germanized form of Tulowicki.

Lukasz, having a surname that was once carried by a nobleman does not always indicate aristocratic ancestry if that's what you tried to suggest.

My surname is Tulowiecki. What are the chances we are related somewhere down the line?

Curious

no tz's in Poland

Tulowitzki is definetly a Germanized Polish name (like Nowitzky - Polish Nowicki). The name would be carried by a Pole in German occupied Poland. Poles were treated like dirt by the Bismark (German leader) and some turned their back on being Polish, and aquired a German persona. These pseudo Germans were often anti Polish because of their guilt and shame for their actions. Germans with Polish names seem to deny their true ancestry.

You are so right! *nods*

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Shame on him for denying his true heritage! Shame! Shame! Shame!!!

the name is a germanized polish name. my fathers family comes from the polish region masursky (formerly east prussia)

My husband's family name is "Poland". Does anyone know how this originated?

no idea

Possible. I've come across a number of cases where, for exampe, priests couldn't always spell the name and spelt it differently, giving the members of the family different names (happened in my own family and they are Scottish!).

TU£OWICKI - arose as a toponymic nick from the locality of Tułowice (more than one such place in Poland). Four people in today's Poland sign themselves Tołowicki.

POLAND - One can only speculate as to how this name came about. It depends on the nationality of the bearer. If Polish, it could have been an adaptaiton form such surnames as Polak, Poalczek or Polski. If English, it migth have derived from the word 'pole'. For instance, the owner of a bean or hops plantation might have been nicknamed "pole land". And considering widespread illiteracy in centureis past, it could have emerged as a misspelling of Paul land, as the farm of Mr & Mrs Paul might have been called. (Anticipating the wit of PF's self-styled eggmongers [jajcarze] -- no, Mrs Paul did not work on the side as a pole dancer!)