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konik Name Meaning and History

  1. Polish, Czech, and Slovak (Koník): from koník ‘pony’ (a diminutive of Polish kon, Czech kun ‘horse’), a nickname for someone thought to resemble a pony in some way, for example in short stature or docile temperament.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Koenig.
  3. Dutch: variant of Koning.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The konik name in History

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Distribution of konik Families in the US in 1920
Number of konik families
 6-10
 3-5		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Koniks who lived in Czestochowa, Poland lighthouseldy 5
Michael Konik Jr. OneidaScofield 0
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