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.
One way to identify the spelling of a last name is to compare it with a list of common last names for that country. It's always possible that the last name is not common, or the family intentionally spelt it in a unusual way, but a list of common names will often help. For Poland, here's a ranked list of common last names in the 1990's.