Doho
9 Jan 2010
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]
I identify with my Polish ancestry more strongly than my other heritages. I have received a couple comments on how I "look Polish" (an admittedly ambiguous description) and have been the victim of many Pole jokes. Sadly, my family last name is an enigma. My father's father's father (great grandfather I suppose) came from Poland to Canada and he signed the ship's manifest as "Dohopoluk" and since then has under gone many transformations until arriving at "Dohopolski" (my current last name). I was wondering if anybody could tell me what it means, or might mean. Thanks!
I identify with my Polish ancestry more strongly than my other heritages. I have received a couple comments on how I "look Polish" (an admittedly ambiguous description) and have been the victim of many Pole jokes. Sadly, my family last name is an enigma. My father's father's father (great grandfather I suppose) came from Poland to Canada and he signed the ship's manifest as "Dohopoluk" and since then has under gone many transformations until arriving at "Dohopolski" (my current last name). I was wondering if anybody could tell me what it means, or might mean. Thanks!