Kraska Family History
- Kraska Name Meaning
- Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Polish kraska ‘European roller’ (a species of bird of the crow family, noted for its fine feathers, also for its loud and persistent cry), hence (in Polish) a nickname for a garrulous person. As a Jewish name it is mainly ornamental. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a dyer, from Belorussian kraska ‘dye’. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): ornamental name from Belorussian and Ukrainian kraska, denoting a kind of flower.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 14,552 Historical Documents with Kraska on Ancestry
- 8,774 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,886 Census and Voter Lists
- 936 Military Records
- 995 Immigration Records
- 1,961 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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