The surname Zawadzki was first found in Silesia. The surname is a toponym for someone who came from Zawada or Zawady. Both are derived from the "zawada" which means "obstruction", "fortress", "obstacle" or "impediment" as in the toponyms Zawada and Zawady. Today, there are numerous places named Zawada and Zawady throughout modern-day Poland.
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Early History of the Zawadzki family
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Zawadzki Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Zawadsky, Zawadski, Zavadsky, Zawadzki, Zawada, Zawadowski, Zawadowsky, Sawadsky, Sawatsky, Sawatski, Sawatzky, Sawatzki, Zawatsky, Zawatzki and many more.
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Migration of the Zawadzki family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jacob Sawatski, who sailed to New York in 1884, Franz, Henry, Jacob, John and Peter Sawatzke migrated to Manitoba in 1875, Cornelius Sawatzki migrated to Manitoba in 1874, Gerhard Sawatzki sailed to New York in 1878, Abraham Sawatzky sailed to New York in 1874 with his wife and children..
Contemporary Notables of the name Zawadzki (post 1700)
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Mae Zawadzki, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1988 1
Casimir T. Zawadzki, American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Munich, 1926; Berlin, 1929-38; Belfast, 1943; Krakow, 1947 1
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