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.
I should mention here that one source to which I refer constantly is the SÅownik nazwisk wspÃ³ÅczeÅnie w Polsce uÅ¼ywanych [Directory of Surnames in Current Use in Poland], a 10-volume set edited by Kazimierz Rymut and published in 1992 by the Polish Language Institute in Krakow (ISBN 83-85579-25-7).