| Zlatica : Re: BACZUK, GYURKE | Zsuzsanna
Who am I? Not related and not researching the surname.
No BACZUK or BACZIK but GYURKE in Slovakia's phone book. www.zoznamst.sk The ending CZUK is not Slovak.
AK-/-EK/-IK/-KA/-KO/-UK/-YK
Suffixes with a -k- generally began as diminutives. In other words, Jan is the Polish form of "John," and Janek or Janko is much like "Johnny." English, however, typically has only a couple of diminutive suffixes, -y or -ie. Polish (and the other Slavic languages) have tons of them. Most have a -k- in there somewhere, or the-k- has been modified by the addition of further suffixes (e. g., -czak, -czyk). As a rule, in surnames a suffix with -k- means something like "little" or "son of
In 1990 census of names there were 14 BACZUKs in Poland.
www.herby.com.pl in Polish and only distribution. |
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