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The Wojtania family name is related to haplogroup R-Y14244 Subset of Haplogroup R-M198, L260. Haplogroup R-Y14244 also shares a common ancestor with the royal family Orlowski and the family Berganski.
So far, one of the earliest known identified ancestors for this name is Stanislaw Wojtania from Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland, born 1863 died 1919. Source: Parafia Rzymskokatolicka pw. sw. Jakuba "FARA" ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 2 97-300 Piotrków Trybunalski, e-mail: kancelaria@fara.piotrkow.pl
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'What is the meaning of the name "Wojtania?" The name is most likely derived from the prefixes "Wotan," "Woj," or "Wojt."
Wotan/Woden/Odin refers to the deity of the old Germanic religion and modern German reconstructions of this religion. Along with the suffix, the name might refer to being the son or daughter of Wotan.
"Woj," an ancient Slavic word, refers to "war;" To one who indulges in war, fights, is a warrior.
Finally, the prefix "Wójt," in medieval Poland, pertained to a hereditary head of a town (who reported to the king, church, nobles). Today, a wójt is the elected mayor of a rural commune (gmina), i.e., a commune comprising only villages (whereas mayors of towns and cities hold different titles).
In the Holy Roman Empire/the German equivalent of the word was "Vogt" or "Voigt;" in Danish: foged; in Norwegian: fogd; in Swedish: fogde; in Finnish: vouti; in Lithuanian: vaitas; in Romanian: voit; in Latin: (ad)vocatus.
This was a title of reeve or advocate, an overlord (mostly of nobility) exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice (Blutgericht), who ruled over a territory (Landgericht). The territory or area of responsibility of a Vogt is called a Vogtei (from [ad]vocatia). The term also denotes a mayor of a village. So if the name refers to this prefix the surname was probably applied originally to the sons or kin of the local wo~jt.
Sources: William F. "Fred" Hoffman, Author, "Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings;" Wikipedia: "Wojt;" Wiktionary: "Wotan."