Surname Saturday – Waldoch

Hello,

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

Surname Pronunciation Wałdoch (Polish) – Vaw dok – listen to it here: Wałdoch
Surname Pronunciation Waldoch (American) – Wal dok

Surname Meaning: Wałdoch –  derived from the German word wald, which means forest. Or from the German first name “Waldemar”.
(Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman)

Roots of Surname: 

Public Profiler’s World Overview Map of the Waldoch/Wałdoch Surname:

Top Five Countries: Poland, United States, Germany, Norway, and France.
Top Five Regions:  Pomorskie, Poland; Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland; Zachodniopomorskie, Poland; Minnesota, United States; Lubuskie, Poland
Top Ten Cities: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; Chojnice, Pomorskie, Poland; Starogard, Pomorskie, Poland; Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland; Little Falls, Minnesota, United States; New Brighton, Minnesota, United States; Ingolstadt, Bayern, Germany; Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States; Brusy, Pomorskie, Poland; Stargard Szczecinski, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland.

Public Profiler’s Poland Localities Distribution Map of the Wałdoch/Waldoch Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Waldoch Poland Localities Map. Retrieved December 26, 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 Wałdoch ancestry.

Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Wałdoch Surname:

Moikrewni. (2009). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Wałdoch’. Retrieved December 26, 2009, from
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/wa%25C5%2582doch.html

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

 

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Waldoch North American Regions Map. Retrieved December 26, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=US