Krzyżewski (; feminine: Krzyżewska, plural: Krzyżewscy) is a Polish family name. It is generally toponymic derived from Krzyżewo, Podlaskie Voivodeship but may also have origins in Krzyżewo, Braniewo County or Krzyżewo, Ełk County. Some of them use Prus coat of arms. Notable people with the surname include:
Ewa Krzyżewska (1939–2003), Polish actress Mike Krzyzewski (born 1947), American former basketball coach (coached at Duke University) , aristocratic Polish family bearing the Grzymała coat of arms.Alina Naruszewicz-Duchlińska Nazwiska mieszkańców Komornictwa Lidzbarskiego (1500-1772 r.) - 2007 - Page 155 "Krzyżewscy v. Kryżowscy herbu Grzymała z Krzyżewa w b.pow. różańskim i przasnyskim,..." (1923–1988), Polish pedagogue , 18th-century Polish soldier (1915–1944), Polish poet (1938–2003), Polish financial lawyer and economist Janusz Kazimierz Krzyżewski (born 1949), Polish politician (born 1953), Polish veterinarian
See also
Krzyżewo
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