The Litwin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,079 people carried this name — #14,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is down 1% from 2,101 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Litwin surname
From German, from Polish Litwin (“Lithuanian”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Litwin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
5,698 people named Litwin have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 6,302 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 105 people named Litwin live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Litwin.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Somme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Litwin in American newspapers,
1915–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,864 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Litwin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franciszek Litwin 1899–1965 · physician
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Józef Litwin 1904–1966 · lawyer
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Aleksander Litwin 1909–1984 · historian
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Leonard Litwin 1914–2017 · businessperson
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Jakub Litwin 1920–1984 · historian
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Chackiel Litwin 1931–1940
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Litwin.
- List 3,814 · U.S. census
- Litalien 522 · U.S. census
- Litt 1,183 · U.S. census
- Littel 171 · U.S. census
- Littner 102 · U.S. census
- Litty 328 · U.S. census
- Litzler 179 · U.S. census
- Liu 78,370 · U.S. census
- Liva 307 · U.S. census
- Livernois 586 · U.S. census
- Livolsi 530 · U.S. census
- Lix 218 · U.S. census
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