Origin Displayed: Polish
Spelling variations of this family name include: Ruzicki, Ruzecki, Rusicki, Ruzicka, Ruzacki and others.First found in Polesie, the largest province of Poland. It is inhabited by Ruthenians, called Polesians, of Ukrainian descent.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Joseph Ruzicki, who applied for naturalization in Philadelphia in 1854; Anne Ruziczka, who came to Baltimore in 1867; Elisabeth Rusiczka, who arrived in New York in 1882.
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