No. Pobanz is German. I was always told it was a river in Germany where the family originated from. I had to correct the previous answer because I am a Pobanz.
Earlier in Polish history, part of Poland was under Prussian ( German ) rule. The umlaut is a German vocabulary mark. Your family name may or may not have been shortened or even Anglicized. Do some research on the 'net for Polish family names for authors, famous historical figures, current Polish listings of personnel etc. You may get lucky and run across relatives. I recall once running into a listing of thousands of Polish names but I don't remember how I stumbled into that website.
It is of Scandinavian derivation, as in 'os' for God and 'gar' for spear. The name translating as 'divine spear'. It is also associated with the German name Oskar
"Jan" is the polish name for "John".
There is no such name in Polish. You must use the original name Wilson.
I'm polish and its my last name but, the origin is german.
The German-Polish border (after 1945) was often referred to as the Oder-Neisse Line.
Ketch OR Ketsk It's Polish not German.
No. Pobanz is German. I was always told it was a river in Germany where the family originated from. I had to correct the previous answer because I am a Pobanz.
Podgorska is Polish.
It is German and is a last name.
polish/german
There are several ways of spelling the name Kroll, they all originate in the Dutch, German and/or Polish languages.
Odra (Polish spelling); Oder (in other languages)
The name does occur in Germany, but it is Polish in origin.
supposedly the last name Lodarek(also my last name, w00t) is either Polish or German. most likely polish
Fijałkiewicz is a family name in Polish, it has no meaning itself.