Surname Saturday – Gazda
Hello,
This my version of Saturday’s daily blogging theme. This week will be focused on the Gazda surname.
Surname Pronunciation Gazda (Polish) – Gaz da – listen to it here: Gazda
Surname Pronunciation Gazda (American) – Gaz da – listen to it here: Gazda
Surname Meaning: Gazda – The name means “a farmer who is well-off and/or the lord of the house” (Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman).
Roots of Surname:
| Surname | Group | Subgroup | Language |
| GAZDA | EASTERN EUROPEAN | POLISH | POLISH |
Top Five Countries: Poland, Hungary, United States, Serbia, and Austria.
Top Five Regions: Podkarpackie, Poland; Malopolskie, Poland; Opolskie, Poland; Dolnoslaskie, Poland; and Slaskie, Poland.
Top Ten Cities: Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland; Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland; Krosno, Podkarpackie, Poland; Korczyna, Podkarpackie, Poland; Walbrzych, Dolnoslaskie, Poland; Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie; Wroclaw, Lodzkie, Poland; Czechowice-Dziedzice, Slaskie, Poland; Gorlice, Malopolskie, Poland; and Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland.
Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Gazda Poland Localities Map. Retrieved January 15, 2011, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL
The area of upper Wielkopolskie, specifically the county (powiat) of Złotow, is the focus of my research for my Gazda ancestry. The Gazda surname belonged to my 5x great-grandother, Marianna Gazda, from Stawnica, Złotow, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Gazda Europe Map. Retrieved January 15, 2011, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD-EUROPE
Moikrewni. (2010). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Gazda‘. Retrieved January 15, 2011, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/gazda.html
Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Gazda North American Map. Retrieved January 15, 2011, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD–USCA
