Surname Saturday – Tobiasz

Hello,

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

Surname Pronunciation Tobiasz (Polish) – To be ah sh – listen to it here: Tobiasz

Surname Pronunciation Tobiasz (American) – To bi asz

Surname Meaning: Tobiasz –  first name Tobiasz (Tobias, Hebrew for “God is Good”)
(Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)

Roots of Surname: 

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

Top Five Countries: Poland, Canada, United States, Germany, and France.
Top Five Regions:  Malopolskie, Poland; Podkarpackie, Poland; Dolnoslaskie, Poland; Mazowieckie, Poland; Opolskie, Poland
Top Ten Cities: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland; Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland; Nowy Sacz, Malopolskie, Poland; Rzeszów, Podkarpackie, Poland; Garwolin, Mazowieckie, Poland; Zlocieniec, Zachodniopomoskie, Poland; Pstragowa, Podkarpackie, Poland; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Lódz, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Sieradz, Lodzkie, Poland.

Public Profiler’s Poland Localities Distribution Map of the Tobiasz Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Tobiasz Poland Localities Map. Retreived November 15, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL

The region or powiat of Aleksandrów in Kujawsko-Pomorskie is the focus of my research for my Tobiasz ancestry.

Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Tobiasz Surname:

Moikrewni. (2009). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Tobiasz’. Retreived November 15, 2009, from http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/tobiasz.html

Public Profiler’s North American Distribution Map of the Tobiasz Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Tobiasz North American Regions Map. Retreived November 15, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=US

Dynastree’s USA Distribution Map of the Tobiasz Surname:

Public Profiler’s Wisconsin Localities Distribution Map of the Tobiasz Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Tobiasz Wisconsin Localities Map. Retreived November 15, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=STATE-WI

The areas on the map are the counties of Waushara (darkest blue), Milwaukee (light blue on the east side of the state), and Pierce (light blue on the west side of the state).