Zygmuntowicz: Surname History and Family Crest

Zygmuntowicz is an established spelling of the Polish surname Zygmunt. Its meaning, shared with Zygmunt, is “Victory protection (Sigismund)”.

• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• The extra ending in Zygmuntowicz is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Zygmunt's family.
• Related forms: Zygmund and Žigmund.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Zygmunt and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Zygmuntowicz surname pack.