Zalewski Surname Info
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'''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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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
