Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
KOZAK
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| Origin | of Polish 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 | |
| Family name referring to an occupation, activity or social status |
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The name is derived from the Polish ethnonym Kozak meaning ‘Cossack, inhabitant of former Ukraine', and refers to a similarity to or a connection (descendence or other) with the people or the area they inhabit. It may also come from the Polish common noun kozak meaning ‘a swashbuckler', and refer to a characteristic feature (e.g. behaviour). In the case of another meaning of the word kozak (‘goat herder'), it may refer to an occupation or activity. Variant: Kozok. |