Surname:Zadrozny

Zadrozny is a surname of Polish origin. It is a location or geographical name, coming from "za daroga" in Polish meaning "beyond the way". In Polish the name is written Zadrożny (the second z has an accent mark, making the sound zh as in "pleasure".) The feminine form of the name is Zadrozna. The Russian form of the name is Zadorozny.|

The surname is most commonly found in the area northeast of Warsaw near Ostrów Mazowiecka.|

Earliest records of the Zadrozny name in the United States can be found in Pennsylvania in the 1890s. As immigration from Poland [[1]] to America increased in the early 1900s, so did the number of Zadroznys. By 1920, the Zadrozny surname can be found in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Rhode Island and Connecticut. |

Today, it is estimated that there are approximately 500 people with the Zadrozny surname spread throughout all regions of the United States. The Zadrozny surname can also be found in Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Australia.|

Family Historian Joseph E. Zadrozny has the largest collection of Zadrozny records and information. He can be contacted at [email protected]

Links: The Story of An American Family by Joseph E. Zadrozny[[2]]

Zadrozny Surname Research Center (SRC) [[3]]