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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Slovak (Olejník), Polish, Ukrainian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : occupational name for an extractor or seller of cooking oil, from olej ‘oil’ + -ník (Czech), -nik (Polish, Yiddish), or -nyk (Ukrainian), suffix of agent nouns.

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