Surname Saturday – Karpik
Hello,
This my version of Saturday’s daily blogging theme. This week will be focused on the Karpik surname.
Surname Pronunciation Karpik (Polish) – Kar peak – listen to it here: Karpik
Surname Pronunciation Karpik (American) – Kar pik – listen to it here: Karpik
Surname Meaning: Karpik – The name is derived from the words “karp” or “karpać”, which means to fix or repair. (Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)
Roots of Surname:
| Surname | Group | Subgroup | Language |
| KARPIK | EASTERN EUROPEAN | POLISH | POLISH |
Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Karpik World Map. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx
Top Five Countries: Poland, New Zealand, Canada, United States, and France.
Top Five Regions: Lubelskie, Poland; Podlaskie, Poland; Lubuskie, Poland; Lodzkie, Poland; and Wielkopolskie, Poland.
Top Ten Cities: Lódz, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Szczecin, Lodzkie, Poland; Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland; Paris, Ile-De-France, Gródek Szlachecki, Lubuskie, Poland; Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland; Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland; Glogów, Lodzkie, Poland; Kalisz, Wielkopolskie, Poland; and Toruń, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland.
Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Karpik Poland Localities Map. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL
The area of lower Kujawsko-Pomorskie, specifically the counties (powiat) of Aleksandrów, Radziejow, Włocławek, and Inowrocław, are the focus of my research for my Karpik ancestry.
Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Karpik Europe Map. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD-EUROPE
Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Karpik Surname: 
Moikrewni. (2010). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Karpik ‘. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/karpik.html
Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Karpik North American Map. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD–USCA
