Kujawa

See also: Kujawą

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Kujawa.

Proper noun

Kujawa (plural Kujawas)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kujawa is the 10548^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3039 individuals. Kujawa is most common among White (96.61%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kujawa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 363.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈja.va/
• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: Ku‧ja‧wa

Etymology 1

From kujawa (“barren, sandy land”).

Proper noun

Kujawa f

1. Kujawa (a village in the Gmina of Osiek, Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
2. Kujawa (a village in the Gmina of Golub-Dobrzyń, Golub-Dobrzyń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
3. Kujawa (a village in the gmina of Gubin, Krosno County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Kujawa

	singular
nominative	Kujawa
genitive	Kujawy
dative	Kujawie
accusative	Kujawę
instrumental	Kujawą
locative	Kujawie
vocative	Kujawo

Etymology 2

From Kujawa (“any of several villages”) or Kujawy (“Kuyavia, region in north-central Poland”).

Proper noun

Kujawa m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kujawa

	singular	plural
nominative	Kujawa	Kujawowie
genitive	Kujawy	Kujawów
dative	Kujawie	Kujawom
accusative	Kujawę	Kujawów
instrumental	Kujawą	Kujawami
locative	Kujawie	Kujawach
vocative	Kujawo	Kujawowie

Proper noun

Kujawa f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Kujawa

	singular	plural
nominative	Kujawa	Kujawy
genitive	Kujawy	Kujaw
dative	Kujawie	Kujawom
accusative	Kujawę	Kujawy
instrumental	Kujawą	Kujawami
locative	Kujawie	Kujawach
vocative	Kujawo	Kujawy

Further reading

• “Kujawa”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022