Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
RATAJCZAK
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| Origin | of Polish origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name |
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The name is derived from the given name Ratajek (a hypocoristic form of the given name Rataj derived from the Old Polish common noun rataj meaning ‘peasant’) with the patronymic suffix -ak and refers to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name. |