Wilczek (surname)

Wilczek is a Polish surname, diminutive from wilk (wolf), with 9-10 thousand bearers in Poland. It is popular in Silesia, as well as Podhale and surroundings of Warsaw, also in Lublin and Łańcut. It may refer to:

People

Ernst Wilczek (1867-1948), Swiss botanist
Frank Wilczek, Nobel laureate physicist
Georgina von Wilczek, member of the royal family of Liechtenstein
Count Johann Nepomuk Wilczek, sponsor of Polar expeditions and artists

Family and given names derived from the word "wolf"

Germanic	Volf, Ulf Wolfe, Wolf, Wolff, Wulf, Woolf, De Wolfe Wolfson, Wolfsohn Wolfowitz

Romance	Lupus Loup, Leloup Lobo López, Lopes Lupo Lupu, Lupul, Lupescu

Slavic	Wilk, Wilczek, Wilczyński Vlk, Vlček Vuk, Vukčević, Vukić, Vuković, Vučić, Vučko, Vučković, Vujić (and numerous variants) Volkov, Volchenkov Vovk

Other	Farkas Kurt Otxoa Ze'ev/Zev

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