title: Błaszczyk
text: # Błaszczyk
  
  Błaszczyk, Błaszczak, Blaščik, Blaščak, Blashchuk, or Blashchak Blasscyk is a surname.
  
  The surname is derived from Slavic diminutives of the given name Blasius. Błaszczyk and Błaszczak are the standard Polish variants, with Błaszczyk about four times more common. A variant with a Ukrainian/Belarusian ending (-uk) is found at a lower frequency in Poland, mainly in the east.
  
  | Language | Masculine | Feminine |
  | - | - | - |
  | Czech, Slovak | Blaščik Blaščík Blaščak | Blaščiková Blaščíková Blaščaková |
  | Polish | Błaszczyk (Polish pronunciation:) Błaszczak (Polish pronunciation:) | Błaszczyk (Polish pronunciation:) Błaszczak (Polish pronunciation:) |
  | Ukrainian (Romanization) | Блащук (Blashchuk, Blaščuk) | Блащук (Blashchuk, Blaščuk) |
  
  ## People
  
  * Mariusz Błaszczak (born 1969), Polish politician
  * Ewa Błaszczyk (born 1955), Polish actress
  * Grzegorz Błaszczyk (born 1953), Polish historian
  * Lucjan Błaszczyk (born 1974), Polish table tennis player
  * Iwona Blazwick (born 1955), British art critic, director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery
  