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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish, Ukrainian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : regional name for someone from the medieval province of Masovia (Polish Mazowsze), which includes modern Masuria.
  • Polish, Ukrainian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname from Polish mazur ‘rustic’.

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