Sikora

Sikora (plural: Sikororowie ) is one of the oldest Polish surname.

Frequency

The family name Sikora wear in Poland about 40,000 citizens. Outside of Poland, the name occurs frequently in Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Holland and the USA.

History

The oldest known and documented mention of the name comes from the year 1389 in the Cracow court records, a " Piotr Sikora z Krzecuowej Woli h lis" (Latin: Nobilus Peter Sicora h de Lis Krzeczowa Wola ). Mentioned. Already in the 14th century, the Sikora were a numerous family of knights. Most commonly, the name of the region Sieradz and in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland and Pomerania was mentioned.

In archives, a Knight's Tale " Maciej Sikora h lis" and his seven sons is mentioned, who founded in 1421 with the permission of the Polish King Wladyslaw Jagiello, the settlement Sikory in Podlasie. His descendants settled numerous the Podlasie region and the Grodno region and the Smolensk region.

All Polish knights and nobles ( szlachta ) with the name Sikora wore the coat of arms " lis".

Origin

The name derives either from the word " Sikora " ( Tit ) from, or the word " Sikor ", the stowage of water was referred to as a channel in the Old Polish.

Variants

  • Sikorski, Sikorka, Sikorowski, Schikora, Sykora.

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Adam Sikora, German actor
  • Adrian Sikora ( footballer ) ( born 1980 ), Polish footballer
  • Adrian Sikora (tennis player ) (* 1988), Slovakian tennis player
  • Alfons Sikora ( b. 1949 ), German football player
  • Alfred Sikora (born 1965 ), entrepreneur
  • Elżbieta Sikora ( b. 1943 ), Polish composer
  • Frank Sikora (* 1956), German jazz musician
  • Friedhelm Sikora (* 1950), German writer and broadcaster author
  • Gabriele Sikora (* 1950), German politician country (Nordrhein- Westfalen) ( SPD)
  • Joachim Sikora (* 1940), German social scientist
  • Jürgen Sikora (* 1943), German politician
  • Jürgen Nielsen Sikora (born 1973 ), German historian
  • Michael Sikora (* 1944), German historian (Prof. in Münster)
  • Miroslav Sikora ( b. 1957 ), Polish ice hockey player of the German national ice hockey team
  • Monika Sikora (born 1958 ), German table tennis player
  • Petr Sikora (born 1970 ), Czech ice hockey player
  • Tomasz Sikora (born 1973 ), Polish biathlete
  • Victor Sikora (born 1978 ), Dutch footballer
  • Juliet Sikora (* 1979), DJ from Dortmund
Polish name Sikorsky
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