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
[edit]- 1st inSubcarpathia(9,530)
- 3rd inLublin Land(8,019)
- 3rd inOpole Silesia(2,512)
- 3rd inSwietokrzyskie(2,512)
People with this surname
[edit]- Aleksandr Mazur(1913–2005), Ukrainian wrestler
- Alexander J. Mazur(1969–2016), American scholar
- Alexandra Mazur(born 1986), Russian beauty pageant contestant
- Alla Mazur(born 1965), Ukrainian journalist
- Amy Mazur(born 1962), American political scientist
- Barry Mazur(born 1937), American mathematician
- Carter Mazur(born 2002), American ice hockey player
- D. Bennett Mazur(1924–1994), American politician
- Daniel Mazur(born 1960), American mountain climber
- Eddie Mazur(1929–1995), Canadian ice hockey player
- Edward Mazur(1946–2023), Polish-American businessman
- Eliyahu Mazur(1889–1973), Israeli politician
- Elżbieta Trela-Mazur(born 1947), Polish historian
- Epic Mazur(born 1970), American musician
- Eric Mazur(born 1954), American physicist
- Federico Mazur(born 1993), Argentine footballer
- Grace Dane Mazur(born 1944), American writer
- Gyula Mazur(1888–1953), Hungarian cyclist
- Henry Mazur(1919-1988), American military officer and football player
- Henryk Mazur(born 1953), Polish wrestler
- Jan Mazur(1920–2008), Polish Roman Catholic bishop
- Jay Mazur(born 1965), Canadian-American ice hockey player
- Jay Mazur (labor union president)(born 1932), American labor leader
- Jerzy Mazur(born 1953), Polish Roman Catholic bishop
- Joanna Mazur(born 1990), Polish Paralympic athlete
- John Mazur(1930–2013), American football player and coach
- John Mazur (ice hockey)(born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
- Joseph Mazur(born 1942), American mathematician
- Jozef Mazur(1897–1970), Polish-American artist
- Heather Mazur(born 1976), American actress
- Kazimierz Mazur(1930–2000), Polish modern pentathlete
- Lara Mazur,Canadian film and television editor
- Lucas Mazur(born 1997), French para badminton player
- Magdalena Mazur(born 1976), Polish television presenter
- Marian Mazur(1909–1983), Polish cyberneticist
- Marilyn Mazur(born 1955), Danish percussionist
- Mark Mazur,American economist
- Mary Mazur,American producer
- Meron Mazur(born 1962), Brazilian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch
- Michael Mazur(1935–2009), American artist
- Miriam Mazur(1909–2000), American mathematician
- Mirek Mazur(born 1961), Polish-Canadian cycling coach
- Monet Mazur(born 1976), American actress and musician
- Myroslav Mazur(born 1998), Ukrainian footballer
- Peter Mazur(1922–2001), Dutch theoretical physicist
- Piotr Mazur(born 1982), Polish-Canadian road bicycle racer
- Piotr Mazur (canoeist)(born 1991), Polish sprint canoeist
- Przemysław Mazur(born 1978), Polish rally codriver
- Richard Masur(born 1948), American actor
- Rodrigo Mazur(born 1992), Argentine footballer
- Ruby Mazur,American artist
- Sara Mazur(born 1966), Swedish physicist
- Serhiy Mazur(born 1970), Ukrainian footballer
- Stanisław Mazur(1905–1981), Polish mathematician
- Steve Mazur(born 1977), American guitarist
- Vasyl Mazur(born 1970), Ukrainian footballer
- Viktoria Mazur(born 1994), Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
- Vladimir Mazur(born 1966), Russian politician
- Vladyslav Mazur(born 1996), Ukrainian athlete
- Włodzimierz Mazur(1954–1988), Polish footballer
- Adam Mazur(born 2001), American baseball player
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Frequency and geographic distribution of the surname Mazur in Poland
- ^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.
- ^abRembiszewska, Dorota Krystyna (2006)."Nazwy osobowe Żydów z Wysokiego Mazowieckiego w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym"(PDF).Studia Łomżyńskie.17.PWN:56.ISSN0860-7249.
- ^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.