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The family Jankowski h. Jastrzebiec is of byelorussian-Lithuanian origin. It is possible that a direct kinship extends from the forebearers of the earlier Jastrzebiec lineage which itself was formally founded in the middle of the 10th century. The geographical origins of the subsequent Jankowski descendants were probably from the region of Lomza, perhaps from the villages of Jankowo Młodzianowo and Jankowo Skarbowo in the 13th century. These descendants also held northern and eastern lands south of Vilnius, west of Minsk, and near the town of Suwalki and are sometimes known by the Lithuanian form Jankauskas. The eastward migration was particularly prominent from the 15th century onwards, when the Treaty of the Union at Horodlo was signed, granting Polish nobility the freedom to settle in the vast underpopulated fringes of Lithuania. In the 17th century Poland was now the largest country in the whole of Europe and the decentralised nature of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth government relied on semi-autonomous distinct regional principalities. Therefore while members of this family were predominantly owners of farms of all sizes, some undertook executive administration for the regional states including posts as judges, army reservists and regional politicians. By the 19th century, however, Poland had ceased to exist as an independent state and was under foreign occupation. The new administration was frequently chaotic sometimes even repressive making the long established feudal argricultural economy more difficult and even uneconomic. Furthermore exploitation of the abundant natural resources, as a consequence of the industial revolution spreading from the West, was hampered by an inefficient infrastructure. A small proportion of the Jankowski family moved west into continental Europe in the mid 19th century, predominantly France due to shared cultural, religious and military traditions. However, the majority of the poorer members of the Jankowski family emigrated predominantly to America via German and English ports. In the early 20th century the remaining progeny of this family with sufficient means diversified into the professions including civil and industrial engineering as well as the medical sciences. In World War 2 (WW2) the members of this family suffered many military and ethnic based casualities leading to a collapse of the kinship by 20-50%. Furthermore the loss of the heart of the Jankowski h. Jastrzebiec lands in the Polish Eastern borderlands (Kresy), to the Soviet Union, led to a large proportion of the surviving Jankowski descendants relocating west into new Poland. However a second wave of emigration overseas also followed. This time a sizeable proportion went to the UK and its commonwealth as many Poles had fought in the Polish corps of the British army during WW2.
The family Jankowski h. Jastrzebiec is of byelorussian-Lithuanian origin. It is possible that a direct kinship extends from the forebearers of the earlier Jastrzebiec lineage which itself was formally founded in the middle of the 10th century. The geographical origins of the subsequent Jankowski descendants were probably from the region of Lomza, perhaps from the villages of Jankowo Młodzianowo and Jankowo Skarbowo in the 13th century. These descendants also held northern and eastern lands south of Vilnius, west of Minsk, and near the town of Suwalki and are sometimes known by the Lithuanian form Jankauskas. The eastward migration was particularly prominent from the 15th century onwards, when the Treaty of the Union at Horodlo was signed, granting Polish nobility the freedom to settle in the vast underpopulated fringes of Lithuania. In the 17th century Poland was now the largest country in the whole of Europe and the decentralised nature of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth government relied on semi-autonomous distinct regional principalities. Therefore while members of this family were predominantly owners of farms of all sizes, some undertook executive administration for the regional states including posts as judges, army reservists and regional politicians. By the 19th century, however, Poland had ceased to exist as an independent state and was under foreign occupation. The new administration was frequently chaotic sometimes even repressive making the long established feudal argricultural economy more difficult and even uneconomic. Furthermore exploitation of the abundant natural resources, as a consequence of the industial revolution spreading from the West, was hampered by an inefficient infrastructure. A small proportion of the Jankowski family moved west into continental Europe in the mid 19th century, predominantly France due to shared cultural, religious and military traditions. However, the majority of the poorer members of the Jankowski family emigrated predominantly to America via German and English ports. In the early 20th century the remaining progeny of this family with sufficient means diversified into the professions including civil and industrial engineering as well as the medical sciences. In World War 2 (WW2) the members of this family suffered many military and ethnic based casualities leading to a collapse of the kinship by 20-50%. Furthermore the loss of the heart of the Jankowski h. Jastrzebiec lands in the Polish Eastern borderlands (Kresy), to the Soviet Union, led to a large proportion of the surviving Jankowski descendants relocating west into new Poland. However a second wave of emigration overseas also followed. This time a sizeable proportion went to the UK and its commonwealth as many Poles had fought in the Polish corps of the British army during WW2.


There are now members of the Jankowski h. Jastrzebiec family distributed throughout the World especially in order of frequency in the Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, UK, America, Canada, France, Germany, South America and Australia. In the UK some of the members of this family are prominent doctors, scientists, artists and musicians.
There are now members of the Jankowski h. Jastrzebiec family distributed throughout the World especially in descending order of frequency in Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, UK, America, Canada, France, Germany, South America and Australia. In the UK some of the members of this family are prominent doctors, scientists, artists and musicians.


* [[Henryk Jankowski]] (1936–2010), Polish Catholic priest
* [[Henryk Jankowski]] (1936–2010), Polish Catholic priest

Revision as of 20:53, 14 November 2010

Jankowski (feminine: Jankowska, plural: Jankowscy) is the 13th most common surname in Poland[citation needed] (68,514 people). There are, in fact, 12 separate and unrelated families with this surname; the result of many village estates being named Jankowa or Jankowice in 14th century Poland. The owners of these estates took their surnames from them in the typical manner by adding the suffix '-ski', meaning 'of', to the estate name. These families each used an additional identifier signifying their armorial crest, or 'herb' (see Boniecki, "Herbarsz Polski"). These herbs are as follows: Amadej, Bialynia, Cielatkowa, Jastrzebiec, Junosza, Korab, Kuszaba, Nowina, Ogonczyk, Poraj, Rawicz, and Strzemie. Each denotes a separate family originating in one of the villages named Jankowa located throughout Poland. Each family has its own history and line of descent. With the partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the subsequent Polish diaspora, these secondary identifiers were largely forgotten and descendants may no longer know which family they are connected with. Furthermore, the surname Jankowski can be phoneticized in a number of different ways, with even the same family varying its spelling. This all creates a daunting, but not impossible, task for researchers who simply need to know the region of Poland from which their ancestors originated.

The family Jankowski h. Jastrzebiec is of byelorussian-Lithuanian origin. It is possible that a direct kinship extends from the forebearers of the earlier Jastrzebiec lineage which itself was formally founded in the middle of the 10th century. The geographical origins of the subsequent Jankowski descendants were probably from the region of Lomza, perhaps from the villages of Jankowo Młodzianowo and Jankowo Skarbowo in the 13th century. These descendants also held northern and eastern lands south of Vilnius, west of Minsk, and near the town of Suwalki and are sometimes known by the Lithuanian form Jankauskas. The eastward migration was particularly prominent from the 15th century onwards, when the Treaty of the Union at Horodlo was signed, granting Polish nobility the freedom to settle in the vast underpopulated fringes of Lithuania. In the 17th century Poland was now the largest country in the whole of Europe and the decentralised nature of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth government relied on semi-autonomous distinct regional principalities. Therefore while members of this family were predominantly owners of farms of all sizes, some undertook executive administration for the regional states including posts as judges, army reservists and regional politicians. By the 19th century, however, Poland had ceased to exist as an independent state and was under foreign occupation. The new administration was frequently chaotic sometimes even repressive making the long established feudal argricultural economy more difficult and even uneconomic. Furthermore exploitation of the abundant natural resources, as a consequence of the industial revolution spreading from the West, was hampered by an inefficient infrastructure. A small proportion of the Jankowski family moved west into continental Europe in the mid 19th century, predominantly France due to shared cultural, religious and military traditions. However, the majority of the poorer members of the Jankowski family emigrated predominantly to America via German and English ports. In the early 20th century the remaining progeny of this family with sufficient means diversified into the professions including civil and industrial engineering as well as the medical sciences. In World War 2 (WW2) the members of this family suffered many military and ethnic based casualities leading to a collapse of the kinship by 20-50%. Furthermore the loss of the heart of the Jankowski h. Jastrzebiec lands in the Polish Eastern borderlands (Kresy), to the Soviet Union, led to a large proportion of the surviving Jankowski descendants relocating west into new Poland. However a second wave of emigration overseas also followed. This time a sizeable proportion went to the UK and its commonwealth as many Poles had fought in the Polish corps of the British army during WW2.

There are now members of the Jankowski h. Jastrzebiec family distributed throughout the World especially in descending order of frequency in Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, UK, America, Canada, France, Germany, South America and Australia. In the UK some of the members of this family are prominent doctors, scientists, artists and musicians.

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