For other uses, see Atlantis (disambiguation). Athanasius Kircher's map of Atlantis, placing it in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. From Mundus Subterraneus 1669, published in Amsterdam. The map is oriented with south at the top.
Common Polish family names include Nowak, Kowalski, Wisniewski, Kaminski and Zielinski. As with other cultures, many Polish surnames are based on a profession or place of origin.
âInterestingly, surnames with the -ski suffix (and the cognate -cki and -dzki) make up almost 35% of the 1000 most popular Polish names, and the presence of that suffix at the end of a name may indicate Polish origin.