Is Tulowitzki a Polish name?

bilinski:

Tulowitzki is definetly a Germanized Polish name (like Nowitzky - Polish Nowicki). The name would be carried by a Pole in German occupied Poland. Poles were treated like dirt by the Bismark (German leader) and some turned their back on being Polish, and aquired a German persona. These pseudo Germans were often anti Polish because of their guilt and shame for their actions. Germans with Polish names seem to deny their true ancestry.

Dirk Nowitzki is a seven-time NBA All-Star and eight-time member of the All-NBA Teams, and is the first European-born player in NBA history to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player award.[1] He is the first Maverick ever to be voted into an All-NBA Team and also holds several all-time Mavericks franchise records.[2]
He led the German national basketball team to a bronze medal in the 2002 FIBA World Championship and the silver medal in EuroBasket 2005, and was leading scorer and elected Most Valuable Player in both tournaments. Regarded as one of the best European players in basketball history, Nowitzki was named "European Basketball Player of the Year" by Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport for five years in a row and voted FIBA European Basketball Player of the Year in 2005.[2]

lech	Oct 9, 07, 16:06 / #
He's a potential rookie of the year winner for the national league. Haven't found any information by googling.

LukaszThreads: 73 Posts: 2,396 Joined: Sep 1, 07	Oct 9, 07, 16:09 / #
I think it is germanizated name Tulkowicki (Polish-Lithuanian nobel)

Arkady	Oct 9, 07, 16:18 / #
Tulowitzki seems to be a germanized form of Tulowicki. Lukasz, having a surname that was once carried by a nobleman does not always indicate aristocratic ancestry if that's what you tried to suggest.

jwickiThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Oct 15, 07	Oct 15, 07, 11:30 / #
My surname is Tulowiecki. What are the chances we are related somewhere down the line? Curious

bilinskiThreads: - Posts: 3 Joined: Jul 4, 08	Jul 4, 08, 10:24 / #
Tulowitzki is definetly a Germanized Polish name (like Nowitzky - Polish Nowicki). The name would be carried by a Pole in German occupied Poland. Poles were treated like dirt by the Bismark (German leader) and some turned their back on being Polish, and aquired a German persona. These pseudo Germans were often anti Polish because of their guilt and shame for their actions. Germans with Polish names seem to deny their true ancestry.

Bratwurst BoyThreads: 11 Posts: 14,563 Joined: Apr 2, 07	Edited by: Bratwurst Boy Jul 4, 08, 10:38 / #
bilinski: Tulowitzki is definetly a Germanized Polish name (like Nowitzky - Polish Nowicki). The name would be carried by a Pole in German occupied Poland. Poles were treated like dirt by the Bismark (German leader) and some turned their back on being Polish, and aquired a German persona. These pseudo Germans were often anti Polish because of their guilt and shame for their actions. Germans with Polish names seem to deny their true ancestry. You are so right! nods URL Dirk Nowitzki is a seven-time NBA All-Star and eight-time member of the All-NBA Teams, and is the first European-born player in NBA history to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player award.[1] He is the first Maverick ever to be voted into an All-NBA Team and also holds several all-time Mavericks franchise records.[2] He led the German national basketball team to a bronze medal in the 2002 FIBA World Championship and the silver medal in EuroBasket 2005, and was leading scorer and elected Most Valuable Player in both tournaments. Regarded as one of the best European players in basketball history, Nowitzki was named "European Basketball Player of the Year" by Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport for five years in a row and voted FIBA European Basketball Player of the Year in 2005.[2] Shame on him for denying his true heritage! Shame! Shame! Shame!!!

utuThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Jan 27, 09	Jan 27, 09, 05:25 / #
the name is a germanized polish name. my fathers family comes from the polish region masursky (formerly east prussia)

eliz	Aug 26, 09, 06:22 / #
My husband's family name is "Poland". Does anyone know how this originated?

krysiaThreads: 26 Posts: 3,604 Joined: Aug 10, 06	Aug 26, 09, 08:17 / #
eliz: My husband's family name is "Poland". Does anyone know how this originated? no idea

TrevekThreads: 33 Posts: 2,155 Joined: May 21, 08	Aug 26, 09, 09:16 / #
jwicki: Tulowiecki. Possible. I've come across a number of cases where, for exampe, priests couldn't always spell the name and spelt it differently, giving the members of the family different names (happened in my own family and they are Scottish!).

:llllllll	Oct 16, 07, 14:11 / #
no tz's in Poland

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08	Aug 29, 09, 13:09 / #
TUŁOWICKI - arose as a toponymic nick from the locality of Tułowice (more than one such place in Poland). Four people in today's Poland sign themselves Tołowicki. POLAND - One can only speculate as to how this name came about. It depends on the nationality of the bearer. If Polish, it could have been an adaptaiton form such surnames as Polak, Poalczek or Polski. If English, it migth have derived from the word 'pole'. For instance, the owner of a bean or hops plantation might have been nicknamed "pole land". And considering widespread illiteracy in centureis past, it could have emerged as a misspelling of Paul land, as the farm of Mr & Mrs Paul might have been called. (Anticipating the wit of PF's self-styled eggmongers [jajcarze] -- no, Mrs Paul did not work on the side as a pole dancer!)