Show ContentsPawloski History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Pawloski is derived from the given name Pavel, which is the Slavic form of the name Paul. Paul was originally derived from the Latin word Paulus, which meant small. The popularity of the given name Paul is a result of the widespread devotion to the apostle St. Paul and also to the frequency of the surname among the Roman pontiffs, six of whom to date have been named Pope Paul. In Eastern Europe, the name was common because of the Russian Tsar Paul I, who was Tsar from 1754 to 1801.


Canada Pawloski migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pawloski Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Nykola Pawloski, who arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1898
  • Roch Pawloski, who landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1899

Contemporary Notables of the name Pawloski (post 1700) +

  • David Pawloski, American actor
  • Stanley Walter Pawloski (b. 1931), American former Major League Baseball second baseman
  • Florence C. Pawloski, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948 1
  • Dave Pawloski, American Democratic Party politician, Chair of Kalamazoo County Democratic Party, 2007-09 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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