Kuligowski, feminine: Kuligowska, 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. The law requires a given nam ...

. It is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

derived from any of places named

Kuligów Kuligów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrówka, within Wołomin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Wołomin and north of Warsaw. The village lies on the Bug River ...

, Kuligowo, or

Kuligi Kuligi is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajgród, within Grajewo County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Rajgród, east of Grajewo, and north-west of the regional capital Biał ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adam Kuligowski Adam Kuligowski (born 24 December 1955) is a Polish chess master. He was awarded the GM title in 1980. Tournaments In 1973, he won Polish Junior Championship. In 1973/74, he took 3rd in Groningen (EU Junior-ch; Sergey Makarichev won). In 1974 ...

(born 1955), Polish chess player *

Eddie Kuligowski Edouard "Eddie" Kuligowski (22 July 1946 – 15 January 2021) was a French photographer who won the Niépce Prize, the most prestigious prize for a photographer in France. Biography Kuligowski was born in 1946 in Montargis, France into a workin ...

(1946–2021), French photographer *

Erica Kuligowski Erica Kuligowski is an American social research scientist investigating human behavior during emergencies and the performance of evacuation models in disasters. She currently works at RMIT University, RMIT university in Melbourne (Australia). Kuli ...

, American social research scientist * (born 1979), Polish volleyball player

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