Zaremba

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Zaremba.

Proper noun

Zaremba (plural Zarembas)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zaremba is the 12948^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2372 individuals. Zaremba is most common among White (96.59%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zaremba”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Polish

Etymology

Variant of the surname Zaręba, from the verb zarąbać (“to chop”). The surname may refer to a woodcutter or Zaręby (places in Poland).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈrɛm.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɛmba
• Syllabification: Za‧rem‧ba
• Homophone: Zaręba

Proper noun

Zaremba m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Zaremba

	singular	plural
nominative	Zaremba	Zarembowie/Zaremby (deprecative)
genitive	Zaremby	Zarembów
dative	Zarembie	Zarembom
accusative	Zarembę	Zarembów
instrumental	Zarembą	Zarembami
locative	Zarembie	Zarembach
vocative	Zarembo	Zarembowie

Proper noun

Zaremba f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Zaremba

	singular	plural
nominative	Zaremba	Zaremby
genitive	Zaremby	Zaremb
dative	Zarembie	Zarembom
accusative	Zarembę	Zaremby
instrumental	Zarembą	Zarembami
locative	Zarembie	Zarembach
vocative	Zarembo	Zaremby

Derived terms

• Zarembianka
• Zarembina

 

Further reading

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