Surname Saturday – Pankowski

Hello,

This my version of Saturday’s daily blogging theme. This week will be focused on the Pankowski surname. 

Surname Pronunciation Pankowski (Polish) – Pan Kov ski – listen to it here: Pankowski
Surname Pronunciation Pankowski (American) – Pan cow ski – listen to it here: Pankowski

Surname Meaning: Pankowski –  The word “pan” means master or bridegroom. Also, possibly derived from the following first names: Pankracy, Pantelejmon, or Opanas (Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)

Roots of Surname: 

Public Profiler’s World Overview Map of the Pankowski Surname:  

Top Five Countries: Poland, United States, Germany, Belgium, and France.
Top Five Regions: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Podlaskie, Poland; Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland; Mazowieckie, Poland; and Wielkopolskie, Poland.

Top Ten Cities: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland; Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; Koszalin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland; Radom, Mazowieckie, Poland; Gniezno, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Szczezin, Lodzkie, Poland; Wilmington, Delaware, United States; and Poznan, Lubelskie, Poland.

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Pankowski Poland Localities Map. Retrieved March 13, 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 Pankowski ancestry.

Public Profiler’s Europe Distribution Map of the Pankowski Surname: 

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Pankowski Europe Map. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD-EUROPE

Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Pankowski Surname:

Moikrewni. (2010). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Pankowski‘. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/pankowski.html

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Pankowski North American Map. Retrieved March 13, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD–USCA