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Mazur (surname)

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Mazur(archaic feminine:Mazurowa,pluralMazurowie) is the 14thmost commonsurnameinPoland(68,090 people in 2009).[1][2]It signifies someone from northernMazovia[3][4]and has been known since the 15th century.[3]

Over 70% of people with this surname live in the south of Poland (mainly betweenKatowiceandLublin).

Prevalence of the surname in Polish voivodships

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People with this surname

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References

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  1. ^Frequency and geographic distribution of the surname Mazur in Poland
  2. ^Ministry of Interior (Poland).Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009Archived2013-09-28 at theWayback Machine(The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009).Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  3. ^abRembiszewska, Dorota Krystyna (2006)."Nazwy osobowe Żydów z Wysokiego Mazowieckiego w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym"(PDF).Studia Łomżyńskie.17.PWN:56.ISSN0860-7249.
  4. ^Kowalczyk, Magdalena (2011)."Nazwiska wrocławian z parafii pod wezwaniem św. Michała Archanioła (od 1946 do 1996 roku)".Onomastica Slavogermanica.30.University of Wrocław:230.ISSN0474-1471.