Surname Saturday – Knopik
Hello,
This my version of Saturday’s daily blogging theme. This week will be focused on the Knopik surname.
Surname Pronunciation Knopik (Polish) – K no pik – listen to it here: Knopik
Surname Pronunciation Knopik (American) – Nah pick
Surname Meaning: Knopik – derived from the word knap, which means weaver
(Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)
Roots of Surname:
| Surname | Group | Subgroup | Language |
| KNOPIK | EUROPEAN_OTHER EASTERN | POLISH | POLISH |
Public Profiler’s World Overview Map of the Knopik Surname:
Top Five Countries: Poland, Germany, United States, France, and the Netherlands.
Top Five Regions: Pomorskie, Poland; Slaskie, Poland; Opolskie, Poland; Nebraska, United States; North Dakota, United States
Top Ten Cities: Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Slaskie, Poland; Little Falls, Minnesota, United States; Lubliniec, Slaskie, Poland; Lipusz, Pomorskie, Poland; Katowice, Slaskie, Poland; Ruda Slaska, Slaskie, Poland; Czestochowa, Slaskie, Poland; Bytom, Slaskie, Poland; Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Derby, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Public Profiler’s Poland Localities Distribution Map of the Knopik Surname:
Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Knopik Poland Localities Map. Retrieved December 19, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL
The region or powiat of Kościerzyna in Pomorskie is the focus of my research for my Knopik ancestry.
Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Knopik Surname:
Moikrewni. (2009). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Knopik’. Retrieved December 19, 2009, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/knopik.html
Public Profiler’s North American Distribution Map of the Knopik Surname:
Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Knopik North American Regions Map. Retrieved December 19, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=US
Dynastree’s USA Distribution Map of the Knopik Surname:
