Mazur (surname)

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Mazur (archaic feminine: Mazurowa, plural Mazurowie) is the 14th most common surname in Poland (68,090 people in 2009).[1][2] It signifies someone from northern Mazovia[3][4] and has been known since the 15th century.[3]

Over 70% of people with this surname live in the south of Poland (mainly between Katowice and Lublin).

Prevalence of the surname in Polish voivodships[]

  • 1st in Subcarpathia (9,530)
  • 3rd in Lublin Land (8,019)
  • 3rd in Opole Silesia (2,512)
  • 3rd in Swietokrzyskie (2,512)

People with this surname[]

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References[]

  1. ^ Frequency and geographic distribution of the surname Mazur in Poland
  2. ^ Ministry of Interior (Poland). Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009 Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009). Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Rembiszewska, Dorota Krystyna (2006). "Nazwy osobowe Żydów z Wysokiego Mazowieckiego w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym" (PDF). Studia Łomżyńskie. PWN. 17: 56. ISSN 0860-7249.
  4. ^ Kowalczyk, Magdalena (2011). "Nazwiska wrocławian z parafii pod wezwaniem św. Michała Archanioła (od 1946 do 1996 roku)". Onomastica Slavogermanica. University of Wrocław. 30: 230. ISSN 0474-1471.
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