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Plachta

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish (Płachta), Czech, Slovak, and Jewish (from Poland) : from płachta ‘canvas’, generally an occupational name for a sailmaker or tentmaker.

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