Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

Kanaski
I'm pretty sure the name was changed at Ellis Island, so I'm trying to find my original last name and it's meaning.

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

Thanks Polonius. I did ask my father what my family's last name was before it was changed and apparently it was Nizynski, which I found originally by typing in Nijinski into the internet and it corrected me in my spelling. Thanks again for all your help.

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

That's exactly what I thought when my father told me that. I really don't know how they got Kanaski out of Nizynski. Do you know where Nizynski is from and what the name means? Thanks Polonius.