Where Does the Rydzewski Surname Come From?

Some records give Rydz; others give Rydzewski. Both point to the same Polish family name. At root, the name means “Saffron milk cap”.

• About 722 people in the United States were recorded as Rydzewski in 2010, placing it 31,960 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.
• Rydzewski adds -ewski to the root of Rydz, a common way of forming related surnames.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Arms associated with the name

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