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Definition: Given the -owski ending, this common Polish surname generally derives from the place where the family originated - and could refer to any of dozens of Polish villages with names beginning with Grab, including Grabowo, Grabówka, etc. These place names, in turn, derive from Polish roots such as grabie (meaning "rake"), grab (meaning "the hornbeam tree), and grabic (meaning "to plunder").
Surname Origin:
Polish
Alternate Surname Spellings:
GRABOSKI, GRABOWSKA, GRABOWICZ
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Polish Genealogy GRABOWSKI Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - GRABOWSKI Genealogy GRABOWSKI Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - GRABOWSKI Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - GRABOWSKI Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - GRABOWSKI Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - GRABOWSKI Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
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Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
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