Surname Saturday – Machajewski

Hello,

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

Surname Pronunciation Machajewski (Polish) – Mach a yev ski – listen to it here: Machajewski
Surname Pronunciation Machajewski (American) – Mac haf ski – listen to it here: Machajewski

Surname Meaning: Machajewski –  element of Ma– (Maciej or Marcin) + ch- or derived from the root word “machać”, which to swing or say. (Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)

Roots of Surname: 

Top Five Countries: Poland, Germany, United States, United Kingdom and France.
Top Five Regions: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Lubuskie, Poland; Pomorskie, Poland; Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland; and Zachodniopomorskie, Poland.
Top Ten Cities: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A; Szczecinek, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A; Torun, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Sroda Wielkoplska, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Edingen-Neckarhausen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Waibstadt, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Baden-Baden, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland; and Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Machajewski Poland Localities Map. Retrieved January 23, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL

The area of Pomorskie, specifically Starogard-Gdansk, is the focus of my research for my Machajewski ancestry.

Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Machajewski Surname:

Moikrewni. (2010). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Machajewski’. Retrieved January 23, 2010, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/machajewski.html

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Machajewski North American Map. Retrieved January 23, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD–USCA