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Polonia last name



Ronny Edited by: Administrator   Dec 6, 07, 22:15 /  #
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?
AristoboulosThreads: 1
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Polonia is Latin name for Poland, as well as Italian.
Ronny   Dec 6, 07, 22:19 /  #
Oh, so my last name is probley polish back round? All the family I know came from the Dominican Republic.
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Joined: Dec 3, 07 		Edited by: Aristoboulos   Dec 6, 07, 22:26 /  #
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.
Ronny   Dec 6, 07, 22:28 /  #
Wow, where do you find this all out? Also, Dominican Republic was a Spanish Territory, Haiti was a French Colony not Dominican Republic.
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Quoting: Aristoboulos
Poonia is also Poland in French and Dominicana was a French colony.

Some little booboo here :)
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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: z_darius

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

Some little booboo here :)


Yeah :] Of course POLONIA.
Ronny   Dec 6, 07, 22:37 /  #
I check all the last names/surname websites and none of them have information about the last name 'Polonia'.
AristoboulosThreads: 1
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I don't know what is a reason. I presented my hypothesis, I think quite accurate.
Ronny   Dec 6, 07, 22:42 /  #
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.
shewolfThreads: 5
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have you seen the House of Names website?

http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=polonia
Ronny   Dec 14, 07, 21:08 /  #
anyone else?
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
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During the last census in Poland (2002) there was one person surnamed Polonia in the Białystok area.
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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".
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