Re: Not sure!~
in reply to a message by Laura
You'll find the origin of Panko at http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Panko-name-meaning.ashx. However, Pankow was changed to Panko in North America as you can see at http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?rank=0&xcb=x&tips=0&father=pankow&given=&surname=panko&mother=&stype=Exact&spouse=&byear=&brange=&bplace=&myear=&mrange=&mplace=&dyear=&drange=&dplace=&language=en&op=search&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=mp-awt&gst=&so=3 in which case it would come from the name of a place you can situate at http://www.maplandia.com/search/