About Zanko
The surname Zanko is of Polish origin and is derived from the personal name "Jan" or "Janko," which is the Polish form of John. It is a patronymic surname, meaning it was originally used to identify the descendants of a person named Jan or Janko. The name Jan or Janko itself is derived from the Hebrew name "Yochanan," meaning "God is gracious." Therefore, the surname Zanko can be interpreted to mean "son of Jan" or "descendant of Jan," indicating a family's connection to an ancestor named Jan or Janko.
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Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Zanko based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.
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Here's how to represent Zanko in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Zanko using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.