THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME?

what would oskwarek mean?

OSKWAREK: probably topo nick for inhabitant of Oskwarkowa in Małopolska (S. Poland).

There are 1681 bearers of the last name Data: moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/data.html

Quite a lot of them are from Rzeszów and Brzozów county and Stara Wieś is in Brzozów County in Poland.

You can try asking an entrepreneur of your last name making business in Stara Wieś:

"Chriscom" Firma Handlowo-Usługowa Krzysztof Data
Stara Wieś, ul. 554, tel. 13 4340882

Good luck and do trust in google a little ;-)

ŚWIERKOSZ: probably dervied from świerk (spruce) or świerkot (chirping, warbling - the sound birds make) or topo from locality incorporating same, eg Świerkocin, Świerków, etc.

RÓG: horn or topo from Rogi, Rogowo, etc.
BOŚ: possibly hypocoristic form of Bolesław, Borzysław or Bogusław or topo

My mother's surname is Zaleski, and my grandmother's was Kamosa. What do they mean?

ZALESKI: topographic nick for someone living on the other side of the forest or a toponymic one for an inhabitant of Zalesie (Overwood)
KAMOSA: from verb komosić się (to nervously fidget, be irritable)

[Moved from]: last name tatar - does anyone share it with me

i meant by the fact that what does it mean to have the tatar lastname. where does it come from. do i carry on something special. and how can i find more with the same last name. i all ways wondered if i had family over in poland. seeing how it was my great grandmother that fled during WWII

Hello, My last name is Zawacki, I read somewhere it means "fortress". Also, would you know how I could further research this name?

ZAWACKI: variant spelling of Zawadzki - root-word zawada (hindrance, osbtacle, impediment), the -dzki (-cki and -ski) ending pont to toponymic origin; dozens of localities in Poland called Zawada or Zawady plus Zawadzki Las Zawadzka Wola and Zawadzkie.

TATAR: nationality-derived surname referring to the Tatar (Mongolian) warriors who invaded Poland in the Middle Ages and also served the Polish king. Nearly 2,000 Poles now use the Tatar surname.

my name is Urbański what does this mean?

Many thanks

Mark

wat is d meaning of fizia

URBAŃSKI: pattonymic nick from Urban or topo from Urbany, Urbanów, &c.

FIZIA: uncertain; perhaps rare pet for of feminine first name Felicja.

the meaning of olenski?

Any idea what Wnorowski means?

nora=burrow

MEANING OF KOWALESKI?

My last name is £OMASZKIEWICZ wondering what it could mean?

Kowal=blacksmith

WNOROWSKI: topo nick from Wnory or Wnorów; root.word: wnorzyć się (archaic)=pogrążyć się (to immerse oneslf, sink into something)

KOWALEWSKI: topo nick from Kowalewo (Smithville)

£OMASZKIEWICZ: patronymic nick (son of £omaszko or £omaszek): possible root-word łomaz (kindlewood)

OLEŃSKI: topo from locality such as Olenówka (Alton)

Meaning - Jachimowicz. Trying to find the meaning of this name

JACHIMOWICZ: patronymic nick = Joachim's son

DAWIDOWSKI: topo from Dawidów

KUPER: fowl rump

£ABUDA: sluggish, sloth-like person

Anyone know what Socash means and where it's from? My great great grandmother came to the US in 1913 and her last name is Socash.

SOCASH is impossible in Polish. Could it have been Socharz or Sochacz (a peasant licenced to sell meat at the local market)

Neither. It's Katarzyna.

I found a website that helped

yes I did put an m where it is an n typo error
It is Katarzyna thanks

and I say that what looked like Ev is actually a W
hard to read handwriting
so name is Wojciach the website spelled it Wojciech
it also means Albert

How do you pronounce these names?

VOY-chekh (ch sound as in Scottish loch at end)

kah-tah-ZHI-nah

[Moved from]: Snios or Sniocz

Seeking infomration on my Great Grandfather's last name. Understand that the name used in the US is not recognizable as a Polish last name: Snios but is pronounced Snyosh. He came from Dubowo Russian Poland around 1905.

Śnios exists in Poland, root-word sen (sleep, dream). If you say it was pronounced Snyosh, then it might have originally been Śniosz or (less likely) Śnioś. A kindred surname is Śnioch. They all mean the same: dreamer, day-dreamer, someone with his head in the clouds.

Merged:Last name Macknits

Having a hard time tracking down this surname, some close hits come up on the Lemko site.
Anyone heard of it?

Have you considered it might be Scottish?