Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
POLAK
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| Origin | of Polish origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to some connection with an ethnic group |
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The name is derived from the Polish ethnonym Polak meaning ‘a Pole, a Polish citizen', and refers to a similarity to or a connection (descendence or other) with the people or the area they inhabit. Variants: Pollak, Polok, Pollok. |