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Re: Lojewski, Lojewska, Lazenoski

alcet — Mon Nov 25, 2013 1:12 pm

Author: alcet

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 1:12 pm

Hello
My Surname: Łojowski. I'm looking for my family tree. Where from is your grandmother?

Lazenoski

Slav — Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:08 am

Author: Slav

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:08 am

mhardee, you're welcome.

As regards Lazenoski, it sounds like someone decided to use a simpler spelling after emigrating from Poland.

Again, the first letter must be the Ł (L crossed with a dash). By the way, are the "Polish letters" displayed correctly on your computer?

In this case, however, it's difficult to guess the original surname.
It could have been Łaźniowski and Łaźniowska, see https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/%C5%81a%C5%BAniowski

Or: Łaźniewski and Łaźniewska, see
https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/%C5%81a%C5%BAniewski

The root Łaz appears in the Polish verb łazić meaning "to dawdle, move slowly". It can also be related to łaz meaning "field cultivated on cleared woodland". There are several places called Łazy (the plural of łaz) - see http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81az

Surnames derived from this root include: Łaz, Łazewski, Łazicki, Łaziński, Łazowski, Łazuka.
(according to William F. Hoffman's Polish Surnames)

Re: Lojewski, Lojewska, Lazenoski

mhardee — Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:56 pm

Author: mhardee

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:56 pm

Thank you for this interesting information regarding my grandmother's surname. I will check out the links you attached and see if it relates to my grandmother's family.

Re: Lojewski, Lojewska, Lazenoski

Slav — Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:34 am

Author: Slav

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:34 am

In old Poland there were a few noble families with this surname:

Łojewski, coat of arms Junosza. The family came from Łojewo/Łojew? in the Wizna district http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizna, and was mentioned in records in 1444.

Łojewski, coat of arms Samson. The family came from Łojowce or Łojowice in the Sandomierz region - perhaps this is the place: http://goo.gl/maps/s1oK4. The family was first mentioned in 1575.

Łojewski, coat of arms Jezierza. The family came from Łoje in the Wizna district, and was mentioned in records in 1439.

Listen how the surname is pronounced in Polish (click the “Loudspeaker” button) - these are links to Google Translator:

Łojewski: http://tinyurl.com/cp6p364

Łojowski: http://tinyurl.com/cyl3tfw

Click here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=%C5%81ojewski

and here http://polishorigins.com/databases/index?s=%C5%81ojowski

to check what can be found about your surname in the PolishOrigins Databases tool.

I hope you will find this information useful.

Sources

Lojewski/Lojewska

Slav — Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:04 am

Author: Slav

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:04 am

Hello

I hope you are still interested in the subject even though a month and a half has passed since you posted your question.

Lojewski is the masculine form
and Lojewska is obviously the feminine form of the surname.
Circa the year 2000, there were 22 men and 13 women with this surname, see the distribution of the surname shown at:
https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Lojewski

Actually, I think the correct spelling is where the L has a dash, i.e.
Łojewski - 1129 men and 1240 women
https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/%C5%81ojewski

A possible variation is Łojowski
https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/%C5%81ojowski

The surname is probably derived from the place name Łojewo, Łojew or Łoje, see below. The root is łój or loj (without Polish letters), which means tallow, or suet.

Surname: Lojewski, Lojewska, Lazenoski

mhardee — Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:52 pm

Author: mhardee

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:52 pm

Please let me know if anyone has any information on Surname:

Lojewski, Lojewska, Lazenoski