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Surname Variations - do they come from the same family?


barkko   Jul 1, 09, 17:51 /  #
Like so many others I am researching my Polish families. I've come across variations? ofthe surname Balcerski, Balcer, Balcerkowna (a young girl?) Balcerzaka, in the same village or parish over long periods of time. Also the names Olk, Olkowna, Olkowianka, Olkowski(ska) in the same areas. I understand name endings in different cases and genders.
In both the above examples are these the same families?
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Balcer is the Polish spelling of one Germanised form of the first name Baltazar, traditonally ascribed to one of the biblical Three Kings (Wisemen).
It has produced such patronymic nicknames as Balcerak, Balcerzak, Balcarczyk, Balcerowicz, Balcerkiewicz, Balcerowski, Balcewcz and many, many more (see below). These could have emerged independently at different points in the sprawling Polish Commonwealth, and that means that most of their bearers are not related by blood. Since Polish is very prolific in the creation of spin-offs, the number of Balcer-derived surnames is downright staggering:
Balcar
Balcarak
Balcarczyk
Balcarek
Balcarowski
Balcarska
Balcarz
Balcarzak
Balcarzyk
Balcasz
Balcek
Balcer
Balcera
Balcerak
Balcerczak
Balcerczyk
Balcerek
Balcerewicz
Balcerewski
Balcerkiewicz
Balcerkowski
Balcerniak
Balceroch
Balcerok
Balcerowiak
Balcerowicz
Balcerowski
Balcerski
Balcerz
Balcerzak
Balcerzan
Balcerzek
Balcerzewicz
Balcerzewski
Balcerzyk
Balcewicz
Balceżak
Balceżyk
Balchowicz
Balciuk
Balciukiewicz
Balciun
Balcor
Balcorski
Balcuk
Balcy
Balcyrak
Balcyrzak
Balczak
Balczan
Balczarczyk
Balczarek
Balczarska
Balczeniuk
Balczenko
Balczerak
Balczerczyk
Balczerek
Balczerowski
Balczerski
Balczerzak
Balczerzyk
Balczewski
Balczukiewicz
Balczun
Balczunas
Balczus
Balczyk
Balczyn
Balczyński
Balczyrak
Balczyrzak
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