Zalewski (feminine: Zalewska, plural: Zalewscy) is a Polish-language surname. The surname comes from a

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

for someone who lived by a flood plain, bay, or any other small body of water. Two locations that this may be connected to are ''Zalew'' in

Sieradz Sieradz (,) is a city on the Warta river in central Poland with 40,891 inhabitants (2021). It is the seat of the Sieradz County, situated in the Łódź Voivodeship. Sieradz is a capital of the historical Sieradz Land. Sieradz is one of the olde ...

voivodeship or ''Zalewo'' in

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz ...

voivodeship. The Germanised version of this surname is Salewski, usually found in the

Silesia Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Silesia, Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at 8, ...

region. An early form of this surname was first noted in the year 1370. Many families from different classes and with different background used this surname. Several famous people have the surname Zalewski or a variant of it: * Anna Zalewska (born 1965), Polish politician *

Aran Zalewski Aran Zalewski (born 21 March 1991) is an Australian field hockey player who is the captain of the Australian national team. Personal He is from Margaret River, Western Australia. he attended Aquinas College in Perth, Western Australia. As a ...

(born 1991), Australian field hockey player * August Zaleski (1883-1972), Polish politician * Emil von Zelewski (1854-1891), Imperial German Army officer * Erich von dem Bach Zelewski (1899-1972), SS-Obergruppenführer *

Karol Zalewski Karol Zalewski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 7 August 1993) is a Polish athlete who specialises in the sprinting events. He reached the semifinals of the 2013 World Championships in the 200 metres. He is also the 2013 European U23 champion o ...

(born 1993), Polish athlete *

Krystian Zalewski Krystian Zalewski (; born 11 April 1989) is a Polish distance runner specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He won the silver medal at the 2014 European Championships. Additionally, he represented his country at three consecutive World Ch ...

(born 1989), Polish athlete * Ksawery Zalewski, Polish diplomat, part of the Piłsudski's

Prometheism Prometheism or Prometheanism () was a political project initiated by Józef Piłsudski, a principal statesman of the Second Polish Republic from 1918 to 1935. Its aim was to weaken the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union, by supporting natio ...

government, worker of consulate in French

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

(1925–1926) and Georgian

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

(1926–1936). Later titular consul in Tbilisi. * Ludwik Zalewski (1954–2025), Polish politician *

Michał Zalewski Michał Zalewski (born 19 January 1981), also known by the user name lcamtuf, is a computer security expert and " white hat" hacker from Poland. He is a former Google Inc. employee (until 2018), and currently the VP of Security Engineering at ...

(born 1981), Polish "White Hat" Hacker, computer security expert * Nicola Zalewski, Polish footballer

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