Zalewski
title: "Zalewski" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["polish-language-toponymic-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/poland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalewski" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Zalewski (feminine: Zalewska) is a Polish-language toponymic surname derived from the place names such as Zalewo, Zalewsze, or Zalew. It may also be a hypercorrection of the surname Zaleski.
The Germanised version of this surname is Salewski, usually found in the Silesia region.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Anna Zalewska (born 1965), Polish politician
- Aran Zalewski (born 1991), Australian field hockey player
- Bianka Zalewska
- Dorota Zalewska
- (born 1967), German techer and writer
- Halina Zalewska (1940 – 19 August 1976) was a Polish-born Italian actress
- Hans-Jürgen Salewski (born 1956), German football player
- Karol Zalewski (born 1993), Polish athlete
- Karolina Zalewska-Gardoni (born 19 March 1984) is a Polish handball player
- Krystian Zalewski (born 1989), Polish athlete
- Ksawery Zalewski, Polish diplomat, part of the Piłsudski's Prometheism government, worker of consulate in French Lille (1925–1926) and Georgian Tbilisi (1926–1936). Later titular consul in Tbilisi.
- Ludwik Zalewski (1954–2025), Polish politician
- Maria Zalewska
- (1938–2010), German historian
- Michał Zalewski (born 1981), Polish "White Hat" Hacker, computer security expert
- Nicola Zalewski, Polish footballer
- Oliwia Zalewska (born 1995), Polish professional pool player
- Paul Salewski, a founder of Doyle Salewski Inc
References
References
- [https://nazwiska.ijppan.pl/haslo/show/name/ZALEWSKI ZALEWSKI]
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