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Etymology of Olensky

What does the name Olensky mean?

The surname Olensky is derived from when the family lived in one of the numerous places in Poland named Olesno, Olesnica or Oleszno. The first bearer of this surname was someone who was from Poland, but had moved to Ukraine. Additionally, these local names are derived from the Polish name Oles, which is Angicized as Alexis.


Olensky migration to the United States +



Olensky Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Joseph Olensky, who arrived in Alabama in 1920 1


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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