User:GaryGo/Sandbox
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Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
go refers to he or it.[1] cek is a common ending for Czech names, a cognomen similar to ski or ska found commonly at the end of Polish names. cek refers to somebody who came from somewhere else.[2] Of the 20,000 most common surnames in Poland, only 28 end in cek.[3] The Polish name of Gocek may owe its suffix to the proximity of many family members to the Czech border.[4]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sandbox
- a surname; the 11,343rd most popular surname in Poland[5] and 116,835th most common name recorded by the USA's 2000 census.[6]
- a surname; spelled Göçek in Turkey.
- Template:city; southwestern Turkey, spelled Göcek.