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

Hi. I have been searching for the origins of my polish grandfather and his family but am finding it really tough. If anybody knows anything of the surname SZALOMSKI I'd love to hear what you know. I have been able to trace the middle part of his life within the UK but don't even know his date of birth. He may have been from the Warsaw area but I really don't know.

I am fascinated by the information that you all have about the Polish surnames. I think Szalomski is really beautiful and would love to know it's origins.

Any advice or even just information about the surname would be wonderful!

Thank you

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

That's very interesting - thank you. I understand that my great-grandfather in Poland was a farmer of some sort. I have found it really difficult to find anything information about the name or even anyone with it. It doesn't seem to be a bery common name at all.

So were family names often derived from the places where they originated from then?

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

Oh my word! That's amazing. Maybe we're related then. I'm seriously impressed with your knowledge and am so glad I found this forum. Thank you SO much for that information. How do you know about the number of people with the name in Poland by the way?