About the Jankowska Surname

The last name Jankowska is another written form of Jankowski, a Polish family name. In Poland a woman of the Jankowski family is written Jankowska, the feminine ending of the same name. The name is habitational, pointing to “From Janków, place of Janek (John)”.

Other spellings include Yankowski and Jankovsky.

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