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Help[Surname] unusual surname
We did a family tree project in my basic English class and one of my students' surnames has stumped us. This name is Pizz and she says it comes from Poland.
Any clues as to meaning? Perhaps it's not from Poland but they immigrated there from somewhere else in Eastern Europe?
That's all I have, but thank you for any help you may be able to provide.
Joanne Q.
Any clues as to meaning? Perhaps it's not from Poland but they immigrated there from somewhere else in Eastern Europe?
That's all I have, but thank you for any help you may be able to provide.
Joanne Q.
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Piz is a surname that occurs in Poland, as are the more common Piziak, Piziorski and Pizło. The double-z is not a Polish spelling. This is likely to be an altered form of one of the above. No idea of meaning.
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A variant of this surname Piz is Pyz, a Polish surname. Perhaps Pyz derived from the surname Pyza, a nickname for someone with a chubby face. A much more common Polish surname is Pyzik, which also means the same as Pyza.
Other possible origins is that perhaps it could be a variant form of Polish surname Pas, meaning "belt", or perhaps it could be a Polish form of a Latin personal name Pius, also a Polish surname.
other close Polish surnames and variants I found were: Pis, Peas, Pyzdrowski, Pyznarski, Pyzynski.
Go here for more info on the Pyzik surname (http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Pyzik-family-history.ashx)
Other possible origins is that perhaps it could be a variant form of Polish surname Pas, meaning "belt", or perhaps it could be a Polish form of a Latin personal name Pius, also a Polish surname.
other close Polish surnames and variants I found were: Pis, Peas, Pyzdrowski, Pyznarski, Pyzynski.
Go here for more info on the Pyzik surname (http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Pyzik-family-history.ashx)
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