Polish (Kaminski): habitational name for someone from
any of more than 60 villages and towns named Kamien, from Polish
kamien ‘stone’, ‘rock’.
Jewish (eastern
Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of the places mentioned at 1
or from places in Ukraine named Kamin, from Ukrainian
kamin ‘stone’.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic):
habitational name for someone from any of various places named
Kamionka in Polish or Kaminka in Ukrainian.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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