Origin Displayed: Polish
Spelling variations of this family name include: Sypniewski, Sipniewski, Sypniewsky, Sypniowski, Sypniowsky and many more.First found in Polesie, the largest province of Poland. It is inhabited by Ruthenians, called Polesians, of Ukrainian descent.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jas Sypniewski and Franziska Sypniewski, who arrived in New York on April 26, 1880 at age 40, from Bremen, Germany, aboard the "Ohio;" John Sypniewski, who arrived in New York on April 19, 1881, aboard the "Silesia.
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