Kurowska Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Kurowska is usually a form of Kurowski. Like many surnames, it began with a place: “from Kurów”. In Poland a woman of the Kurowski family is written Kurowska, the feminine ending of the same name. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Related forms: Kurovsky.

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