Litwin Family History
Litwin Name Meaning
Polish German and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Polish litwin an ethnic name for someone from Lithuania (Polish Litwa Lithuanian Lietuva a word of uncertain etymology perhaps a derivative of the river name Leità). In the 14th century Lithuania was an independent grand duchy which extended from the Baltic to the shores of the Black Sea. It was united with Poland in 1569 and was absorbed into the Russian empire in 1795. The region referred to as Lite in Ashkenazic culture encompassed not only Lithuania but also Latvia Estonia Belarus parts of northern Ukraine and parts of northeastern Poland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
