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The kowalski Surname

kowalski Name Meaning and History

  1. Polish: habitational name for someone from Kowalskie in Poznan voivodeship or a place called Kowale.
  2. Polish and Jewish (from Poland): patronymic from Kowal, an occupational name from kowal ‘smith’, with the addition of the common surname suffix -ski.

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Distribution of kowalski Families in the US in 1920
Number of kowalski families
 183-364
 62-182
 1-61
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