Genealogy /
THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
PĄCZEK/PONCZEK
Pączek is the original spelling and Ponczek and was a typcial example of how many Polish immigrants phonetically respelt their surnames in America to retain something close to the original.
Without that change the person would have to go through life being called PAY-zack.
You are actually wrong because I am not an emigrant (even though my nick). My last name is particularily popular in the eastern pomerania area. Ma father is from region called "kociewie".
Maybe Sasha is right and it is Jewiesh.
