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Mazur (surname)

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Mazur (archaic feminine: Mazurowa, plural Mazurowie) is the 14th most common surname in Poland (68,090 people in 2009). The word signifies membership in the Masurians ethnic group.

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Over 70% of people with this surname live in the south of Poland (mainly between Katowice and Lublin).

Prevalence of the surname in Polish voivodships

  • 1st in Subcarpathia (9,530)
  • 3rd in Lublin Land (8,019)
  • 3rd in Opole Silesia (2,512)
  • 3rd in Swietokrzyskie (2,512)

    • People with this surname

  • Barry Mazur, mathematician
  • Epic Mazur, American musician
  • Eric Mazur, physicist and creator of the peer instruction method
  • Joseph Mazur, American mathematician
  • Jozef Mazur, Polish-American artist
  • Kazimierz Mazur, Polish modern pentathlete
  • Marian Mazur, Polish cyberneticist
  • Marilyn Mazur, Danish percussionist
  • Monet Mazur, American actress and musician
  • Peter Mazur, Dutch theoretical physicist
  • Piotr Mazur, Canadian road bicycle racer
  • Richard Masur, American actor
  • StanisÅ‚aw Mazur, Polish mathematician
  • Steve Mazur, American guitarist
  • Vasyl Mazur, Ukrainian association football coach and former player
  • Viktoria Mazur, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast

    • References

    Mazur (surname) Wikipedia
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