Mazur
A Slavic surname originally used for a Mazovian or, more broadly, a person from Mazuria/Masuria.
The #4,069 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 35,354 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Mazur is a Slavic ethnonym and regional surname. In Polish usage, mazur traditionally referred to a person from Mazovia or, more loosely, from the northeastern borderlands associated with Masuria; the underlying root is tied to the place-name Mazovia (Mazowsze). The surname would originally have identified someone by regional origin or affiliation, rather than by occupation or physical trait.
History
The name is common in Poland and across Slavic-speaking communities, and it spread widely through migration in the 19th and 20th centuries. In some contexts, mazur also appears in relation to Masurians, a population in what is now northern Poland, which can blur the regional sense. In English-speaking countries, the surname is usually associated with Central and Eastern European immigrant families.
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Fun fact
The related word mazurka, the famous Polish dance, is ultimately connected to the same regional name.