Polonia last name

Ronny

6 Dec 2007 / #1

My last name is Polonia any ideas? All I know that it is a very rare last name, some people say it's Polish and others Italian.

?anyone?

Aristoboulos 1 | 22

6 Dec 2007 / #2

Polonia is Latin name for Poland, as well as Italian.

OP Ronny

6 Dec 2007 / #3

Oh, so my last name is probley polish back round? All the family I know came from the Dominican Republic.

Aristoboulos 1 | 22

6 Dec 2007 / #4

There can hardly be found such family in Poland. But in early 1800ties Polish troops (so called "Legionists") were send by Napoleon to fight revolt on island. I suppose some could settle there and name "Polonia" was given to them by islanders. Poonia is also Poland in French and Dominicana was a French colony.

OP Ronny

6 Dec 2007 / #5

Wow, where do you find this all out? Also, Dominican Republic was a Spanish Territory, Haiti was a French Colony not Dominican Republic.

z_darius 14 | 3,964

6 Dec 2007 / #6

Poonia is also Poland in French and Dominicana was a French colony.

Some little booboo here :)

Aristoboulos 1 | 22

6 Dec 2007 / #7

Right, I'm sorry about confusing. Polonia is Poland also in Spanish.

I remembered about Polish forces there from school history lessons. It is shameful, that Poles who fought in many countries for their freedom were send to island to fight it's freedom down. They were ot happy probably. But they were auxiliary army of Napoleon who promised rebuilt Poland and in fact did it for a while, so they were to do what they done. Polish Wiki includes some information, English seems not.

Quoting: Aristoboulos
Poonia is also Poland in French and Dominicana was a French colony.

Some little booboo here :)

Yeah :] Of course POLONIA.

OP Ronny

6 Dec 2007 / #8

I check all the last names/surname websites and none of them have information about the last name 'Polonia'.

Aristoboulos 1 | 22

6 Dec 2007 / #9

I don't know what is a reason. I presented my hypothesis, I think quite accurate.

OP Ronny

6 Dec 2007 / #10

Well, it does get very annoying when you can't find out anything about your heritage. I waisted money on those websites, and they had no information about my last name, well thanks for your help by the way.

shewolf 5 | 1,077

6 Dec 2007 / #11

have you seen the House of Names website?

houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=polonia

OP Ronny

14 Dec 2007 / #12

anyone else?

Polonius3 993 | 12,357

22 Jul 2009 / #13

During the last census in Poland (2002) there was one person surnamed Polonia in the Białystok area.

In a folllow-up, 13 Polish women use the first name Polonia. It is usually regarded as a form of Apolonia (used by 22,000 females in Poland) -- a name of Greek origin originally meaning "dedictaed to the god Appolo".