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Jun 19, 08, 02:16 #1
The Polish surname ending -czak is a typical patronymic suffix, used to indicate who somebody's fatehr was. It can apply to both Christian names (Jakubczak = Jacob's boy) and professions (Kupczak = the merchant's son).
Statistically Wojtczak is the most common, used as it is by nearly 10,000 people in Poland and meaning Wojtek's kid. The English equivalent might be Alson or Albertson.
By contrast only 12 people in Poland sign themselves Wójtczak (son of the wójt /hamlet mayor/.
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