The Rataj Last Name

Rataj is a familiar spelling of the Polish name Ratajczak. The name is usually explained as “Ploughman's son”.

• Related forms: Ratajczyk.
• Before spelling was fixed, Ratajczak was also written Rataj.
• Rataj ranked 79,846 in the 2010 US Census, with 238 people answering to the name.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

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