Surname Saturday – Wierzba

Hello,

This my delayed version of Saturday’s daily blogging theme. I am merging a few of the other Surname Saturday posting styles that I have seen, so hopefully I can make it somewhat original.

Surname Pronunciation Wierzba (Polish) – V iez ba
Surname Pronunciation Wierzba (American) – Wer z ba

Surname Meaning: Wierzba – Willow

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

Top Five Countries: Poland, United States, Germany, Austria, and Canada.
Top Five Regions:  Pomorskie, Poland; Malopolskie, Poland; Lodzkie, Poland; Slaskie, Poland; Wisconsin, USA
Top Ten Cities: Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland; Warzawa, Mazowieckie, Poland; Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland; Rosholt, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Szczecin, Lodzkie, Poland; Czestochowa, Slaskie, Poland; Glogoczów, Malopolskie, Poland; Koscierzyna, Pomorskie, Poland; Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA.


Public Profiler’s Poland Distribution Map of the Wierzba Surname:

Public Profiler Worldnames. (2009). Surname Wierzba Poland Regions Map. Retreived November 1, 2009, from http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx?country_code=PL

Moikrewni’s Poland Distribution Map of the Wierzba Surname:

Moikrewni. (2009). Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska ‘Wierzba’. Retreived November 1, 2009, from http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/wierzba.html

The area around the cluster of 2 orange and one red, at the top of the map, is the Kaszubian counties of Kartuzy (orange), Koscierzyna (orange), Bytów (green), and Chojnice (green). The two counties in red within that cluster are Starogard Gdański and Gdańsk.

Dynastree’s USA Distribution Map of the Wierzba Surname: