Kowalski

Kowalski is a family of Polish origin. It is derived from the Polish word " Kowal " for blacksmith.

Origin and Meaning

As a result of immigration from about 200,000 to 300,000 Poles from the mid-19th century to early 20th century bear especially in North Rhine -Westphalia with a focus in the Ruhr area and in the area of Berlin, many residents Polish names, but they are mostly Germanized spelling of the how Orlowski, Schimanski, Rudzinski, Kowalski, Podolski, Schymanietz, Matuzek to Mattner, Koslowski, etc.

About 13 percent of the population now bears the name of Polish origin. Kowalski is on 876th most common type of family name.

The name is derived from the word " Kowal " ( blacksmith ) and is in Poland to " Nowak " the second most common name (about 140,000 people). The Polish feminine form of the name Kowalski is Kowalska, the plural is Kowalscy (eg Barbara and Henryk Kowalscy ). Other forms of this surname are: Kowalczyk, Kowalewicz, Kowalewski.

Bearers of the name

  • Adam Kowalski (1912-1971), Polish ice hockey player
  • Aleksander Kowalski (1902-1940), Polish ice hockey player
  • Alexander Kowalski (born 1978 ), German music producer
  • Alfred von Wierusz -Kowalski (1849-1915), Polish painter
  • Andrzej Kowalski, Polish ski jumper
  • Bernard L. Kowalski (1929-2007), American film director, film producer and screenwriter
  • Bogusław Kowalski (born 1964 ), Polish politician
  • Daniel Kowalski ( born 1975 ), Australian swimmer
  • Emmanuel Kowalski (born 1969 ), French mathematician
  • Frank Kowalski (1907-1974), American politician
  • Jan Maria Michał Kowalski (1871-1942), a Polish bishop
  • Jochen Kowalski (born 1954 ), German singer
  • John Kowalski ( born 1951 ), Polish - American soccer coach
  • Janusz Kowalski (born 1962 ), Polish cyclist
  • Joseph Kowalski (priest ) (also Józef Kowalski; 1911-1942 ), Polish priest and martyr
  • Joseph Kowalski (officer ) ( born 1946 ), German Brigadier General
  • Józef Kowalski ( veteran ) ( 1900-2013 ), a Polish war veteran
  • Jürgen Kowalski (* 1947), German football player
  • Karla Kowalski (* 1941), German architect
  • Kazimierz Kowalski, Polish Paläozoologe
  • Kerstin Kowalski (born 1976 ), German rower
  • Killer Kowalski ( Walter E. Kowalski; 1926-2008 ), Canadian wrestler
  • Konstantin Kowalski (1890-1976), Russian musician
  • Kurt Kowalski (* 1948), German football player
  • Laabs Kowalski (actually Lars Michael Laabs, * 1962), German writer
  • Leo Kowalski (1911-1984), German pianist and composer
  • Ludwig Peter Kowalski (1891-1967), German sculptor
  • Malakoff Kowalski ( born 1979 ), German -American- Persian singer, musician, composer and producer
  • Manja Kowalski (born 1976 ), German rower
  • Marian Albertovich Kowalski (1821-1884), Polish- Russian astronomer
  • Marina Fischer- Kowalski ( born 1946 ), Austrian sociologist and university teacher
  • Max Kowalski (1882-1956), German composer, singer, singing teacher and lawyer
  • Piotr Kowalski (1927-2004), Polish-French sculptor and architect
  • Robin Kowalski (born 1964 ), American psychologist
  • Rudolf Kowalski ( jurist ) ( 1815-1882 ), German military lawyer
  • Rudolf Kowalski (* 1948), German actor
  • Sandra Zirngibl -Kowalski (born 1969 ), German actress
  • Tadeusz Jan Kowalski (1889-1948), Polish orientalist
  • Tadeusz Kowalski ( mycologist ) ( * 19? ), Polish mushroom watchers
  • Thomas Schmidt -Kowalski (1949-2013), German composer
  • Werner Kowalski (1901-1943), German resistance fighter
  • Vladislav Kowalski (* 1927), French football player and coach
  • Polish personal name
  • Family name
Podolsky Kovalevsky Alexander Kowalski (ice hockey) Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski
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