Surname Saturday – Andrzejczak/Jedrzejczak
Hello,
This my version of Saturday’s daily blogging theme. This week will be focused on the Andrzejczak/Jędrzejczak surname. This ancestors surname was originally spelled as Jędzrejczak in Poland, but was interpreted and then spelled as Andrzejczak after they arrived in America. I am going to split this week’s Surname Saturday into Andrzejczak in America and Jędzrejczak in Poland.
Surname Pronunciation Jędrzejczak (Polish) – Ję drej czak – listen to it here: Jędrzejczak
Surname Pronunciation Andrzejczak (American) – An drey chak
Surname Meaning: Nowak – “first name: Jęndzej, a variant of Andrzej (Andreas/Andre/Andrew)”
(Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)
Roots of Surname:
| Surname | Group | Subgroup | Language |
| JEDRZEJCZAK | EUROPEAN_OTHER EASTERN | POLISH | POLISH |
Public Profiler’s World Overview Map of the Andrzejczak Surname:
Top Five Countries (Andrzejczak): Poland, Luxembourg, France, Germany, and Belgium.
Top Five Regions (Jędrzejczak): Wielkopolskie, Poland; Lodzkie, Poland; Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Lubuskie, Poland; Lubelskie, Poland
Top Ten Cities (Jędrzejczak): Lódz, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Poznan, Lubelskie, Poland; Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland; Zigierz, Lodzkie, Poland; Szczecin, Lodzkie, Poland; Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Kutno, Lodzkie, Poland; Leszno, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Wrocław, Lodzkie, Poland; Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland
Public Profiler’s Poland Localities Distribution Map of the Jędrzejczak Surname:
Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Jędrzejczak Poland Localities Map. Retrieved November 28, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL
The regions or powiats of Aleksandrów, Inowrocław, and Radziejow in Kujawsko-Pomorskie is the focus of my research for my Jędrzejczak ancestry.
Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Jędrzejczak Surname:
Moikrewni. (2009). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Jędrzejczak’. Retrieved November 28, 2009, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/j%25C4%2599drzejczak.html
Public Profiler’s North American Distribution Map of the Andrzejczak Surname:
Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Andrzejczak North American Regions Map. Retrieved November 28, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=US
Dynastree’s USA Distribution Map of the Andrzejczak Surname:
