Zalewski Surname Info
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| + | Alternate Spelling: Zelewski, Zaleski, Zeleski, Zalewska, Zalescy, Salewski | ||
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| + | '''Zalewski''' (feminine: '''Zalewska''', plural '''Zalewscy''') is one of the most popular Polish surnames in Poland and the 3rd most popular in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podlachia Podlachia] (5,165). | ||
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| + | Zalewski comes from a topographic name for someone who lived by a flood plain or bay. Two locations that this may be connected to are ''Zalew'' in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieradz Sieradz] voivodeship or ''Zalewo'' in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsztyn Olsztyn] voivodeship. | ||
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| + | Several famous people have the surname '''Zalewski''' or a variant of it: | ||
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| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Zaleski August Zaleski] - Polish Politician of the early Twentieth Century | ||
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_dem_Bach_Zalewski Erich von dem Bach Zalewski] - SS-Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zalewski | ||
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michał_Zalewski Michał_Zalewski] - Polish "White Hat" Hacker, computer security expert. | ||
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| + | The town of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaleski Zaleski], Ohio is a small village in South Eastern Ohio. | ||
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'''ZALEWSKI''' - Polish - [[topographic name]] for someone who lived by a flood plain or bay, Pol. zalew, or [[habitation name]] from a place named with this element, with the addition of [[-ski]], suffix of [[local surname]]s. There has been considerable confusion with Zaleski. | '''ZALEWSKI''' - Polish - [[topographic name]] for someone who lived by a flood plain or bay, Pol. zalew, or [[habitation name]] from a place named with this element, with the addition of [[-ski]], suffix of [[local surname]]s. There has been considerable confusion with Zaleski. | ||
Cognate: Jewish (E Ashkenazic) Zalewsky | Cognate: Jewish (E Ashkenazic) Zalewsky | ||
'''ZALESKI''' - Polish - [[topographic name]] for someone who lived ‘''on the other side of the wood''’, from Pol. za beyond + les, las wood, with the addition of [[-ski]], suffix of [[local surname]]s, or [[habitation name]] from a place, Zalesie, named with the elements za + les. ''var of Zalewski.'' Variations: Zalasa, Zalasik. Cognates: Czech: Zálesky; Jewish: (E Ashkenazic) Zalesky | '''ZALESKI''' - Polish - [[topographic name]] for someone who lived ‘''on the other side of the wood''’, from Pol. za beyond + les, las wood, with the addition of [[-ski]], suffix of [[local surname]]s, or [[habitation name]] from a place, Zalesie, named with the elements za + les. ''var of Zalewski.'' Variations: Zalasa, Zalasik. Cognates: Czech: Zálesky; Jewish: (E Ashkenazic) Zalesky | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:53, 16 March 2008
Surname Origin: Slavic, Polish
Alternate Spelling: Zelewski, Zaleski, Zeleski, Zalewska, Zalescy, Salewski
Zalewski (feminine: Zalewska, plural Zalewscy) is one of the most popular Polish surnames in Poland and the 3rd most popular in Podlachia (5,165).
Zalewski comes from a topographic name for someone who lived by a flood plain or bay. Two locations that this may be connected to are Zalew in Sieradz voivodeship or Zalewo in Olsztyn voivodeship.
Several famous people have the surname Zalewski or a variant of it:
- August Zaleski - Polish Politician of the early Twentieth Century
- Erich von dem Bach Zalewski - SS-Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zalewski
- Michał_Zalewski - Polish "White Hat" Hacker, computer security expert.
The town of Zaleski, Ohio is a small village in South Eastern Ohio.
Definitions
ZALEWSKI - Polish - topographic name for someone who lived by a flood plain or bay, Pol. zalew, or habitation name from a place named with this element, with the addition of -ski, suffix of local surnames. There has been considerable confusion with Zaleski. Cognate: Jewish (E Ashkenazic) Zalewsky
ZALESKI - Polish - topographic name for someone who lived ‘on the other side of the wood’, from Pol. za beyond + les, las wood, with the addition of -ski, suffix of local surnames, or habitation name from a place, Zalesie, named with the elements za + les. var of Zalewski. Variations: Zalasa, Zalasik. Cognates: Czech: Zálesky; Jewish: (E Ashkenazic) Zalesky
