Zukowski Explained
Zukowski or Żukowski (feminine: Żukowska; plural: Żukowscy) is a Polish surname. It is a location surname deriving from Zukow, which means "place-infested with beatles".[1] It is related to the following surnames in other languages:
| Language | Masculine | Feminine |
|---|
| | Żukowska |
Belarusian
(Romanization) | Belarusian: Жукоўскі
(Zhukouski, Zhukowski, Žukoǔski) | Belarusian: Жукоўская
(Zhukouskaya, Žukoǔskaja) |
| | Žukovská |
| Žukovskis | |
| | Žukauskienė (married)
Žukauskaitė (unmarried) |
Russian
(Romanization) | Russian: Жуковский
(Zhukovsky, Zhukovskiy, Žukovskij) | Russian: Жуковская
(Zhukovskaya, Zhukovskaia, Žukovskaja) |
Ukrainian
(Romanization) | Ukrainian: Жуковський
(Zhukovskyi, Zhukovskyy, Žukovskyj) | Ukrainian: Жуковська
(Zhukovska, Žukovska) | |
People
- Anna Maria Żukowska (born 1983), Polish politician
- Charles Zukowski (born 1959), American engineer
- Christine Zukowski (born 1989), American figure skater
- Feliks Żukowski (1904–1976), Polish actor
- Jan Żukowski (born 1947), Polish sprint canoer
- Krzysztof Żukowski (born 1985), Polish footballer
- Marek Żukowski (born 1952), Polish theoretical physicist
- Mateusz Żukowski (born 2001), Polish football player
- Otton Mieczysław Żukowski (1867–1942), Polish composer
- Robert K. Zukowski (1930–2015), American politician
- Sharon Zukowski (1954–2015), American novelist
- Wojciech Żukowski (born 1964), Polish politician
See also
Notes and References
- American Surnames by Elsdon C. Smith, page 251 in the 1972 printing, book first published in 1969
