Origin Displayed: Polish
Spelling variations of this family name include: Zelinski, Zelisnick, Zielonka, Zelewski, Zielinski, Zieleniewski and many more.First found in Novwina in Cracow, a province of Poland which lies centrally, bounded by Kielce, Lublin, Silesia and Lwow.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Zelinski, who came to Baltimore in 1828; Anna Zelinsky, who sailed from Hamburg to New York in 1871; Adolf Zelinski, who immigrated to Illinois in 1896.
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