Surname Saturday – Pluskota

Hello,

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

Surname Pronunciation Pluskota (Polish) – Pl oos ko ta – listen to it here: Pluskota
Surname Pronunciation Pluskota (American) – Pl oosh ko ta

Surname Meaning: Pluskota –  “a verb. derived from the word plusk, which means to splash”
(Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)

Roots of Surname: 

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

Top Five Countries: Poland, Germany, France, Sweden, and Belgium.
Top Five Regions:  Lubuskie, Poland; Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Wielkopolskie, Poland; Slaskie, Poland; Lodzkie, Poland  
Top Ten Cities: Lódz, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Poznan, Lubelskie, Poland; Wrocław, Lodzkie, Poland; Zabrze, Slaskie, Poland; Czestochowa, Slaskie, Poland; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubuskie, Poland; Zdunska Wola, Lodzkie, Poland; Wielun, Lodzkie, Poland; Bradford, Yorkshire and Humberside, United Kingdom

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

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Pluskota Poland Localities Map. Retrieved December 5, 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 Pluskota ancestry.

Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Pluskota Surname:

Moikrewni. (2009). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Pluskota’. Retrieved December 5, 2009, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/pluskota.html

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

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Pluskota North American Regions Map. Retrieved December 5, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=US