Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
POLÁK
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| Origin | of multiple origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to some connection with an ethnic group |
| Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event |
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The name is derived from the dialectal form of the Slovak ethnonym Poliak or the Chech ethnonym Polák meaning ‘Polish’ and refers to a similarity to or a connection (descendence or other) with the people or the area they inhabit. Note: Common variants Poliak and Pollák are also among the 200 most common family names. |