of the last name ugowski? just really curious.
2007-12-04 12:45:14 · 11 answers · asked by catloverr123 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
could it possibly be belgian?
2007-12-04 12:50:52 · update #1
polish/russian jew
2007-12-04 13:16:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Names don't have nationalities. You COULD have an ancestor whose family spoke Polish, but their land during certain times, fell into Russian boundaries, with descendants who escaped, and had children born in Belgium (which would make them a Belgian CITIZEN). In other words, nationality is political and it can change.
If you are looking for a certain ORIGIN of a name.. that is also no guarantee. That's because many names became attached, before any consistent record keeping. What you are looking for is one person who is the ancestor, and that probably does not exist.
My grandparents were completely of Polish background, yet at the time they immigrated to the US, Poland did not exist. It had been split up by other countries, thus he gave Germany as his origin. Even with a record, there are catches to it.
You'll actually find the same thing here in the US during a certain time. What is now West Virginia didn't exist before the Civil War.. it was part of Virginia.
You have to locate the ancestor, and find the town (and culture, like language) to define the person.
edit- you would also have to find their place of worship also to verify if they were Jewish. Many Polish and Russian persons were not.
2007-12-04 16:42:42 · answer #2 · answered by wendy c 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Polish
2007-12-04 12:52:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Polish is more likely than Belgian.
2007-12-05 06:26:47 · answer #4 · answered by Orla C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in polish last names, the man of the family will often take the "ki" ending while the females will take the "ka" ending. i have a friend whose last name is kotecka but her brothers' and dad's last name is kotecki.
this name is probably either polish or russian, but if it's russian it's like that they originally came from poland and took their name with them.
(my ancestors who moved from poland to russian centuries ago have the last name vendrovsky, the v and y are the americanized version of vendrofski)
they are not necessarily of jewish descent, but that is highly likely.
2007-12-04 13:46:29 · answer #5 · answered by crirower1029 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Polish. Possibly Russian if the spelled is corrupted.
2007-12-04 12:53:06 · answer #6 · answered by rann_georgia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of the name before. I'm English, and I've seen all sorts of names in my genealogical research. Why do you think it could be Irish or Scottish? To me, it looks like a Germanic name with that -er suffix. So maybe Dutch or German?
2016-04-07 09:03:57 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"-ski's" are Polish. "-sky's" are Russian. Remember that!
Orlowski - Polish.
Kritzsky - Russian (and I'm talking a HUGE area).
2007-12-04 13:13:27 · answer #8 · answered by Teresa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
polish
2007-12-04 13:16:39 · answer #9 · answered by Name 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Polish
Deffinately...without a doubt
2007-12-04 12:48:37 · answer #10 · answered by Colin H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
probably polish
2007-12-04 12:48:11 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋