Zukowski or Żukowski (feminine: Żukowska; plural: Żukowscy) is a
Polish surname
Polish names have two main elements: the given name, and the surname. The usage of personal names in Poland is generally governed by civil law (legal system), civil law, church law, personal taste and family custom.
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. It is a location surname deriving from Zukow, which means "place-infested with beatles".
[American Surnames by Elsdon C. Smith, page 251 in the 1972 printing, book first published in 1969] It is related to the following surnames in other languages:
People
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Anna Maria Żukowska (born 1983), Polish politician
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Charles Zukowski (born 1959), American engineer
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Christine Zukowski (born 1989), American figure skater
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Feliks Żukowski
Feliks Żukowski (30 May 1904 – 17 January 1976) was a Polish actor and theatre director. He worked in theatres in Warsaw, Vilnius, Lublin, Częstochowa and Łódź. Feliks was a manager of Stefan Jaracz Teatr in Olsztyn. He was also a soldier ...
(1904–1976), Polish actor
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Jan Żukowski
Jan Żukowski (born 8 November 1947 in Olsztyn) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
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(born 1947), Polish sprint canoer
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Krzysztof Żukowski (born 1985), Polish footballer
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Marek Żukowski (born 1952), Polish theoretical physicist
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Mateusz Żukowski (born 2001), Polish football player
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Otton Mieczysław Żukowski (1867–1942), Polish composer
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Robert K. Zukowski (1930–2015), American politician
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Sharon Zukowski (1954–2015), American novelist
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Wojciech Żukowski (born 1964), Polish politician
See also
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Rolf Zuckowski (born 1947), German singer-songwriter
References
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Polish-language surnames