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in reply to a message by JoanneQ
Piz is a surname that occurs in Poland, as are the more common Piziak, Piziorski and Pizło. The double-z is not a Polish spelling. This is likely to be an altered form of one of the above. No idea of meaning.
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A variant of this surname Piz is Pyz, a Polish surname. Perhaps Pyz derived from the surname Pyza, a nickname for someone with a chubby face. A much more common Polish surname is Pyzik, which also means the same as Pyza.
Other possible origins is that perhaps it could be a variant form of Polish surname Pas, meaning "belt", or perhaps it could be a Polish form of a Latin personal name Pius, also a Polish surname.
other close Polish surnames and variants I found were: Pis, Peas, Pyzdrowski, Pyznarski, Pyzynski.
Go here for more info on the Pyzik surname (http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Pyzik-family-history.ashx)
Other possible origins is that perhaps it could be a variant form of Polish surname Pas, meaning "belt", or perhaps it could be a Polish form of a Latin personal name Pius, also a Polish surname.
other close Polish surnames and variants I found were: Pis, Peas, Pyzdrowski, Pyznarski, Pyzynski.
Go here for more info on the Pyzik surname (http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Pyzik-family-history.ashx)
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