Zając (Polish pronunciation: , archaic feminine: Zającowa, plural Zającowie) is one of the most common surnames in Poland and the third most prevalent in Lesser Poland. The English translation of this surname is "hare". The surname occasionally appears as Zajonc due to the Polish pronunciation of ą as "on", however, the vowel is usually rendered as "a" outside Poland, producing Zajac. The latter form may also come from Slovak, Sorbian, Serbo-Croatian, or Belarusian cognates.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Bogdan Zając (born 1972), Polish football defender
- Czesław Zając, Polish sport shooter
- Jack Zajac (born 1929), American artist
- Józef Zając, (1891–1963), Polish general
- Karol Zając (1913-1965), Polish alpine skier
- Marcin Zając (born 1975), Polish football midfielder
- Marek Zając (born 1973), Polish football defender
- Stanisław Zając (1949–2010), Polish politician
- Travis Zajac (born 1985), Polish-Canadian hockey player
- Robert Zajonc (1923–2008), Polish-American social psychologist
See also
- All pages with titles containing Zając
- Zając, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
- Zajac (disambiguation)
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References
- J. Stanisławski, English-Polish and Polish - English Dictionary, David McKay Company, Inc., p. 379
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