The Lewandowski surname

Some Facts about the Name

Lewandowski: habitational name for someone from a place called Lewandów in Warszawa voivodeship, named with the vocabulary word lewanda (lawenda meaning ‘lavender’).*

Statistics: The encylopedia of Polish surnames at nationmaster.com lists almost 92,449 recorded Lewandowskis living in Poland. Most of these are from the Kuyavian Voivodship ("Kuyave", in Poland). Kuyave is one of the administrative provinces of north central Poland.

Other Links to Information about Lewandowskis:

Website discussing the origin of Polish surnames and listing the 15 most common names
Geographic distribution of Lewandowskis in the U.S.A. (based on 1920 census information)
Family Tree tracing our family back to ca. 1900
Polish geneology site by Mieczyslaw Lewandowski of Wroslaw, with a lot more information than is provided here (in Polish)

* Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4