Lewandowski Explained

Lewandowski (pronounced as /pl/; feminine Lewandowska, plural Lewandowscy) is a Polish-language surname. In other languages it may be transliterated as Lewandowsky, Levandovski, Levandovsky, Levandovskyy, Levandoski, Levandovskiy.

It is the seventh most common surname in Poland (93,404 people in 2009).^[1]

It is derived from the place name Lewandów, itself derived from the Old Polish word lewanda  - 'lavender' (lawenda in modern Polish).^[2] It is most frequent in mid-northern Poland, making up as much as 1.1% of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship's population (the record of Poland). The surname was recorded for the first time in 1673, although Lavendowski, which is probably its variant, is known since 1608.

People

Lewandowski

• Adolph J. Lewandowski (1905–1961), American football and basketball coach
• Corey Lewandowski (born 1973), American political consultant
• Edmund Lewandowski (1914–1998), American artist
• Eduard Lewandowski (born 1980), German ice hockey player
• Gina Lewandowski (born 1985), American soccer player
• Grzegorz Lewandowski (born 1969), Polish footballer
• Janusz Lewandowski (born 1951), Polish economist and politician
• Janusz Lewandowski (1931–2013), Polish diplomat
• Jozef Lewandowski (1923–2007), Polish-Swedish historian and writer
• Józef R. Lewandowski, Polish chemist
• Konrad T. Lewandowski (born 1966), Polish writer
• Louis Lewandowski (1821–1894), German composer
• Marcin Lewandowski (born 1987), Polish middle distance runner
• Mariusz Lewandowski (born 1979), Polish footballer
• Mateusz Lewandowski (born 1993), Polish footballer
• Michał Lewandowski (born 1996), Polish footballer
• Michel Lewandowski (1914–1990), French footballer
• Przemysław Lewandowski (born 1975) Polish rower
• Ricardo Lewandowski (born 1948), Minister of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
• Robert Lewandowski (born 1988), Polish footballer
• Sascha Lewandowski (1971–2016), German football manager
• Brothers Lewandowski, royal court merchants to the Bavarian court for lingerie

Levandowski

• Anthony Levandowski (born 1980), American engineer

Lewandowsky

• Max Lewandowsky (1876–1916), German neurologist
• Felix Lewandowsky (1879–1921), German dermatologist
• Stephan Lewandowsky (born 1958), Australian psychologist
• Via Lewandowsky (born 1963), German artist
• Klaus Lewandowsky (born 1937), West German sprint canoer

Lewandowska

• Anna Lewandowska (born 1988), Polish karateka, personal trainer and entrepreneur
• Iwona Lewandowska (born 1985), Polish athlete
• Janina Lewandowska (1908–1940), Polish pilot
• Sandra Lewandowska (born 1977), Polish politician
• Sylwia Lewandowska (born 1991), Polish rower

Other

• Mikhail Levandovsky (1890–1938), Soviet military leader

Notes and References

1. [Ministry of Interior (Poland)]
2. Web site: Lewandowski Family History . ancestry.com .