Stachowicz is a Polish surname. The Russian and Belarusian language version is Stakhovich, Ukrainian: Stakhovych
Stachowicz is believed to generally mean family, son, or of bearing to Stanisław/ Stanislav. As the diminutive Stach was commonly used to shorten Stanisław/ Stanislav. The ending -wicz usually implies son of, or clan of.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Damian Stachowicz (1658–1699), Polish composer
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Mary Stachowicz (born 1951), American murder victim
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Michał Stachowicz
Michał Stachowicz (14 August 1768, in Kraków – 26 March 1825, in Kraków) was a Polish painter and graphic artist in the Romantic style.
Biography
His father was a printer, bookbinder and bookseller. In 1782, he was enrolled in classes at ...
(1768–1825), Polish painter and graphic artist
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Ray Stachowicz
Raymond Mark Stachowicz (born March 6, 1959) is a former American football punter in the National Football League (NFL). Stachowicz was drafted in the third round by the Green Bay Packers out of Michigan State University in the 1981 NFL Draft
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(born 1959), American football player
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Alexey Stakhovich, high-ranking Imperial Russian Chevalier Guard Regiment officer
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich, Russian politician
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Polish-language surnames