Surname Saturday – Jach

Hello,

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

Surname Pronunciation Jach (Polish) – Ya ch – listen to it here: Jach
Surname Pronunciation Jach (American) – Ya k – listen to it here: Jach

Surname Meaning: Jach –  derived from the one of the following first names: Jan, Jakob, Jachym… (Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)

Roots of Surname: 

Top Five Countries: Poland, Germany, Switzerland, France, and United States.
Top Five Regions: Swietokrzyskie, Poland; Lubuskie, Poland; Lodzkie, Poland; Wielkopolskie, Poland; and Lubelskie, Poland.
Top Ten Cities: Lódz, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland; Pabianice, Lodzkie, Poland; Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland; Boblingen, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany; Wroclaw, Lodzkie, Poland; Sosnowiec, Slaskie, Poland; Kielce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland; Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Jach Poland Localities Map. Retrieved February 6, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL

The area of Pomorskie, specifically Kartuzy and Kościerzyna, is the focus of my research for my Jach ancestry.

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Jach Europe Map. Retrieved February 6, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD-EUROPE

Moikrewni. (2010). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Jach’. Retrieved February 6, 2010, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/jach.html

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Jach North American Map. Retrieved February 6, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD–USCA

The majority of my Jach ancestors who came to Wisconsin, changed the spelling of their surname to the Americanized version of Yach. But as shown on the map above, a number of them kept the original spelling as Jach.