Surname Saturday – Skonieczny

Hello,

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

Surname Pronunciation Skonieczny (Polish) – Sko ney ch ny – listen to it here: Skonieczny
Surname Pronunciation Skonieczny (American) – Sko neech ny – listen to it here: Skonieczny

Surname Meaning: Skonieczny –  The name is derived from the word “skonieczny”, which means final or living at the edge. (Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)

Roots of Surname: 

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Skonieczny World Map. Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx

Top Five Countries: Poland, United States, Germany, France, and Belgium.
Top Five Regions: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Wielkopolskie, Poland; Mazowieckie, Poland; Pomorskie, Poland; and Zachodniopomorskie, Poland.
Top Ten Cities: Lódz, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland; Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Inowrocław, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Wrocław, Lodzkie, Poland; Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland; Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Kalisz, Wielkopolskie, Poland; Poznan, Lubelskie, Poland; and Toruń, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland.

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Skonieczny Poland Localities Map. Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL

The area of lower Kujawsko-Pomorskie, specifically the counties (powiat) of Aleksandrów, Radziejow, Włocławek, and Inowrocław, are the focus of my research for my Skonieczny ancestry.

Public Profiler’s Europe Distribution Map of the Skonieczny Surname: 

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Skonieczny Europe Map. Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD-EUROPE

Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Skonieczny Surname:  

Moikrewni. (2010). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Skonieczny ‘. Retrieved April 3, 2010, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/skonieczny.html

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2010). Surname Skonieczny North American Map. Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?region=!WORLD–USCA