Frequency: (175)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Polish (Pudło): from pudło ‘box’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter or chest maker. However, it may be a nickname from the same word in the derogatory sense ‘old frump’.
GIVEN NAMES: Polish 11%. Andrzej (2), Casimir, Ireneusz, Jerzy, Jozef, Stanislaw.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
