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Definition: One of the most common surnames in contemporary Poland, Kowalski is a derivative of the work "kowal," meaning blacksmith in Polish. Thus, this occupational surname and its derivatives are basically the Polish version of the English surname SMITH.
Surname Origin:
Polish
Alternate Surname Spellings:
KOWAL, KOWALIK, KOWALEWSKI, KOWALAK, KOWALKA, KOWALKOWSKI, KOWALCZYK, KOWALSKY, KOWELSKI, KOWELSKY KOWAL, KOWALEWSKY, KOWALKOWSKI, KOWALKOWSKY
More Resources for the Surname KOWALSKI :
Polish Genealogy KOWALSKI Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - KOWALSKI Genealogy KOWALSKI Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - KOWALSKI Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - KOWALSKI Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - KOWALSKI Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - KOWALSKI Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
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
Press, 1997.
