About the Strzelecki Surname

If your family name is Strzelecki, its origin lies with Strzelczyk, a Polish surname. Name scholars give the meaning as “Son of the archer”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Related forms: Strzelec.
• Records show Strzelecki as one of the forms Strzelczyk took over time.
• 869 Americans were listed as Strzelecki in the 2010 census. French civil records give 209 births under the name Strzelecki from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1981–1990.

Family crest and blazon

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