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Kuzdeba: Is My Last Name Polish?



RyanJFThreads: 1
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Well, my last name now is altered from when my family moved to America, but I'm just wondering - on my dad's side our last was Kuzdeba, is this Polish or not? I think my great-great-great grandfather Joseph was from Poland, but was drafted to be one of Czar Nicholas II's guards and my family lived in Russia for a while, but fled during the Russian Revolution.

I know I'm part Polish and Russian (I'm not 100% Polish, probably like 40-50%), so I was just wondering if this was a Polish last name or not - I apologize if this is a stupid question, or is a very commonly asked one.
BabylonThreads: 28
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Kuzdeba is a Polish surname. My grand-grand mother was Ukrainian i'm 1/8 ukrainian and 7/8 Polish.
bitty   Oct 6, 09, 22:23 /  #
Hi,

I am not sure which Kuzdeba you are but I can give you quite a bit of history. Email me @ pkuz@charter.net
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I know the family came from Poland but there is very little information on the Kuzdeba surname. I have contacted many sources in Poland and they do not have a lot of information.

Most of mine came from Aunts and uncles, because their parents and an uncle came to America in the early 1900's. From what I heard they scattered all over the place.

How can we track down additional information?
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How do you know it is a Polish surname? There are differing accounts as people moved from Poland to the Ukraine. how can this be confirmed?
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
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There are 4 people in Poland surnamed Kuźdeba, and one who spells it Kuzdeba. Since there is no such commonly known word in the Polish language nor any loclaity incorporating it, I would venture a guess that it orginated in the eastern (Ruthenian) borderlands of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
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Ran across this info about the Kozdęba clan on the net:
http://genealogia.mrog.org/Kozdeba.html
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Some 470 people in Poland surnamed Kozdęba; ancestral nest appear to be SE Poland's Tarnobrzeg area (170). Possible etymology: koz- (goat) and dęb- (oak).
rozek19   Dec 29, 09, 07:47 /  #
RyanJF, where exactly was your great-great-great grandfather Joseph Kuzdeba born? In case it might be in Kolbuszowa/Majdan/Deba area in West Galicia, please contact me at genealogy.mrog.org

Maciej Róg
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