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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish : habitational name for someone from any of various places called Korzeniów, for example in the voivodeships of Lublin or Tarnów; the place name is from korzeń ‘root’.
  • This name, borne by several Polish noble families, dates back to the 14th century. One member of the family was the novelist Józef Korzeniowski (1862–1924), better known by his Anglicized name of Joseph Conrad.

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