Surname Saturday – Augustyniak

Hello,

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

Surname Pronunciation Augustyniak (Polish) – Au goos tine ak – listen to it here: Augustyniak
Surname Pronunciation Augustyniak (American) – Au gus tin y ak – listen to it here: Augustyniak

Surname Meaning: Augustyniak –  derived from the following first names: August or Augustyn (Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)

Roots of Surname: 

 

Top Five Countries: Poland, France, United States, Belgium, and Germany.
Top Five Regions: Wielkopolskie, Poland; Zachodniopomorskie, Poland; Mazowieckie, Poland; Lubuskie, Poland; and Lodzkie, Poland.

Top Ten Cities: Lódz, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland; Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Szczezin, Lodzkie, Poland; Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland; Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland; Stargard Szczecinski, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland; Wroclaw, Lodzkie, Poland; Krotoszyn, Wielkopolskie, Poland; and Konin, Wielkopolskie, Poland;

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Augustyniak Poland Localities Map. Retrieved February 20, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL

The area of Mazowieckie, specifically the municipality (Gmina) of Lelis in Ostrołęka County (Powiat), is the focus of my research for my Augustyniak ancestry.

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Augustyniak Europe Map. Retrieved February 20, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD-EUROPE

Moikrewni. (2010). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Augustyniak’. Retrieved February 20, 2010, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/augustyniak.html

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Augustyniak North American Map. Retrieved February 20, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD–USCA