Kwiatkowski (Polish pronunciation: [kfʲatˈkɔfskʲi]; feminine: Kwiatkowska [kfʲatˈkɔfska]; plural: Kwiatkowscy [kfʲatˈkɔfst͡sɨ]) is the 15th most common surname in Poland (66,917 people in 2009).[1] It comes from place names such as Kwiatków, Kwiatkowo, or Kwiatkowice, which are derived from the Polish word kwiatek ("flower").[2] Associated with this surname are the Polish noble families bearing the seals of Drogomir, Gryf, Jastrzębiec, Korab, Nałęcz, Nowina, Rola, Strzemię, Wieruszowa, or Własne.

LanguageMasculineFeminine
PolishKwiatkowskiKwiatkowska
Russian
(Romanization)
Квятковский
(Kvyatkovsky, Kvyatkovskiy, Kviatkovsky, Kviatkovski)
Квятковская
(Kvyatkovskaya, Kviatkovskaia)
Ukrainian
(Romanization)
Квятковський
(Kvyatkovskyi, Kvyatkovskyy, Kviatkovskyi)
Квятковська
(Kvyatkovska, Kviatkovska)

Notable people

See also

References

  1. "Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009" [The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009] (PDF) (in Polish). Ministry of Interior (Poland). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  2. "Kwiatkowski". ancestry.com.
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