Zalewski (feminine: Zalewska, plural Zalewscy) is one of the surnames in Poland and Podlachia. A Polish personal name, like names in most European cultures consists of two main elements imię, or the Given name, followed by nazwisko Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Podlachia, Podlesia, or Podlasie is a historical region in the eastern part of Poland and western Belarus.
The surname has a Slavic or more specifically Polish origin. Alternate spellings include Zelewski, Zaleski, Zeleski, Zalewska, Zalescy and Salewski.
The form Zalewski is a mutated version of Zaleski. This mutation was the consequence of many regional influences and the creation of various derivates to suit the local nomenclature, e. g. Chotomow / Chotomowski / Chotomoski. The original form Zaleski was derived from a place called Zalesie or Zalas, which literally means "an area close to a forest, behind a forest". It is difficult to assess which regions were primarily connected with it, because of the significant number of villages by such names.
Another possible ethymology for one of the forms of Zalewski surname comes from a topographic name for someone who lived by a flood plain or bay. Two locations that this may be connected to are Zalew in Sieradz voivodeship or Zalewo in Olsztyn voivodeship. Sieradz (Latin Syradia) is a town on the Warta river in central Poland with 44326 inhabitants (2004 Olsztyn (Allenstein Olštynas Old Prussian: Alnāsteini) is a City in northeastern Poland, on the River Łyna.
The Germanised version of this surname is Salewski and Saleski, usually found in the Silesia region.
The mother-form of this surname was first noted in the year 1370.
Many families from different classes and with different background used this surname.
Several famous people have the surname Zalewski or a variant of it:
- August Zaleski - Polish Politician of the early Twentieth Century
- Erich von dem Bach Zelewski - SS-Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
- Michał Zalewski - Polish "White Hat" Hacker, computer security expert. August Zaleski ( September 13, 1883 &ndash April 7, 1972) was a Polish economist politician and diplomat The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Erich Julius Eberhard von Zalewski and also known as Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1 March 1899 - 8 March 1972 was a Nazi official and a member of the Michał Zalewski (born 19 January, 1981) is a " White hat " hacker and Computer security expert from Poland.
- Ksawery Zalewski - Polish diplomat,part of the Piłsudski's Prometheism government, worker of consulate in French Lille (1925 - 1926) and Georgian Tbilisi (1926 - 1936). Prometheism ( Polish: " Prometeizm " was a political project initiated by Poland 's Józef Piłsudski. Lille (lil Rijsel is a city in northern France. It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in the country Tbilisi (ˌtbiˈliːsi in Georgian: თბილისი is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari Later titular consul in Tbilisi.
- Marcin Zalewski - Polish guitarist, Warsaw Academy of Music
The town of Zaleski, Ohio is a small village in South Eastern Ohio.
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