Marcinkowska: Surname History and Family Crest

Ancestors listed as Marcinkowska are often found as Marcinkowski a generation earlier. At root, the name means “From Marcinkowo”.

Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Marcinkowska is the feminine form of Marcinkowski; Polish surnames ending in -ski or -cki traditionally take -ska or -cka for women.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Marcinkowska, so the heraldry linked to Marcinkowski is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Marcinkowska family name pack.