Mielcarek, Rybacki, Masiakowski, Saskowski, Lawniczak, Vukzsta/Vuksta

Hello,

Has anyone come across this name before (Vukzsta/Vuksta)? It is my mothers maiden name and their are conflicting stories of her fathers family either being Czech or Polish and I was curious if anyone had any input. Her mothers maiden name was Mielcarek and before that Rybacki so I know we for sure have Polish on that side...........hoping Vukzsta may be also!! Thanks for the help.

Thomas

VUKŠTA: This is a Slovak surname; its meaning is uncertain; in Croatian vuk means wolf so maybe it originally traced back to Croatia and might have meant something like Wolfly or Wolfton. The Polish spelling, if the name existed in Poland, would have been Wukszta.

These look familiar. I may have already done these, but just in case – here goes again:

MIELCAREK: occupational nick = maltster in a brewery
RYBACKI: patronymic nick = fisherman’s son or topo nick from Rybaki
MASIAKOWSKI: topo nick from Masiak
SASKOWSKI: topo nick from Sasków or Saskowo (Saxonville)
£AWNICZAK: patronymic nick = assessor’s (assistant judge’s) son

Hi my surname is Mielcarek my father Vladislaw was born in Czernin woj.Posnan on 4th March 1922
his father was Stanislaw and mother was Stanislawa Walendowski
my father attended Bilia Podlaska school
does anyone recognise the names and maybe part of my family
cheers Christina