Polonius3: Uniatycki -- possible patronymic nickanme from the old first name Unisław, or toponymic from such places as Uniejów. Perhaps a patronymic meaning "son of the Uniate". The Uniates (in Polish: Unici) were the Easterrn rite of the Catholic Church which had an Orthodox liturgy but remained faithful to Rome.
there is a town called Uniatycze in western Ukraine Polonius
Tycki: Uniatycki / Konopska or Konopski / Chec ? Thanks.
these people could have been equally Polish or Jewish
while cki/ski surnames are typically Polish many Jews accepted surnames of the noblemen they used to work for in the late 18th an early 19th century (they worked in various roles for the noblemen but were free people)
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