You should be aware that names have different stories of how they are formed, especially surnames, and interestingly, it isn’t different when you talk about even common polish last names.
Sometimes, these last names are basically formed from a particular rule, an employment history, cultural or historical activities.
For polish names, they are coined from a series of cultural and social background and stories, and unless you get the meaning of the names, it can be confusing.
Listed below is building up of a couple of common polish last names that you can easily refer to anytime you are not sure of a name of the meaning.
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘A’
- Adamczyk – of Adam seed
- Adamski
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘B’
- Borkowski
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘C’
- Chmielewski – of the hops
- Czarnecki – of the seed of Czarnecki
- Czerwinski – of the seed of Czerwinski
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘D’
- D’browski – of the grove of oak
- Duda – of a bad virtuoso
- Dadok
- Dudek – one name for a bird
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘G’
- Gorski – along a mountain region
- Grabowski – any community starting with ‘grab’
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘J’
- Jabloñski – relating to the trees of apple
- Jasiñski – workers of ash
- Jaworski – relating to the sycamore tree
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘K’
- Kaczmarek – keeper of an inn
- Kalinowski – a tree of cranberry
- Kamiñski – relating to a mountain region
- Kowalczyk – of the smith
- Kowalski – does the work of the smith
- Kozlowski – from a region of the kozlo
- Król Kucharski – best of the cooks
- Kwiatkowski – relating to tiny little flowers
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘M’
- Maciejewski from the family of Matthias
- Majewski every name that starts with ‘Maj’
- Michalski – related to Michael
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter N’
- Nowak – of anything new in a place
- Nowakowski – from the community of Nowaki
- Nowicki — anything that is new
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘O’
- Oliszewski – from the region that alder trees grows
- Ostrowski – of the regions that names like Ostrowek are used
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘P’
- Pawlak – the son Paul gave birth to
- Pawlowski – from the area of Paul’s birth
- Piotrowski – places relating to Peter
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘R’
- Rutkowski – regions with names such as Rutki
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘S’
- Sawicki – son given birth to by Sawa
- Sobczak – son given birth to by sob
- Sokolowski – where the Falcons come from
- Symanski – son given birth to by Simon
- Szczepañski – the son given birth to by Szczepan
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘T’
- Tomaszewski – of a region where name such as Tomaszow
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘W’
- Walczak – son given birth to by Walka
- Wieczorek – of the late nights
- Woizyki
- Wiœniewski – region of the Wisniew
- Wojciechowski- of the people of Wojciechy
- WoŸniak – cart driver
- Wysocki – region of people with names such as Wysockie
Common Polish Last Names Starting With Letter ‘Z’
- Zajac – of the rabbits
- Zawadzki – region of Zawady
- Zielinski – having things to do with green.
- Zelcyt
