Brzozowski

Brzozowski (feminine Brzozowska, plural: Brzozowscy) is a Polish toponymic surname derived from the place name Brzozów, which is itself derived from 'brzoza', "birch".

In the Russian Empire, the surname was written in Russian variously as Бжозовский, Бржозовский, Бржезовский, Бжезовский, and may accordingly be transliterated as Bzhozovsky, Brzhozovsky, Bzhezovsky, Brzhezovsky.

Sometimes in Russia it was even literally translated as Berezovski.[1]

People with the surname include:

See also

References

  1. Олег Иосифович Губарь, "101 вопрос об Одессе", 183
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