Surname Spotlight: Lasko

If your family name is Lasko, its origin lies with Laskowski, a long-established Polish surname. Its meaning, shared with Laskowski, is “Dweller in, or near, a forest; one who came from Laskow(o), in Poland”.

• Other spellings include Laskowska and Laskowsky.
• Lasko is listed among the recognised spellings of Laskowski.
• Lasko sounds close to Laska, Lasky and Laski, so it can help to search both.
• 1,664 Americans were listed as Lasko in the 2010 census. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Heraldry and the Lasko name

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