Show ContentsPallotti Surname History

The Pallotti surname is derived from the Italian word "palla," which meant "cannon ball." Thus Pallotti is generally thought to have originally been an occupational name for a someone person who made shot or cannon balls.

Early Origins of the Pallotti family

The surname Pallotti was first found in Rome (Italian: Roma), the capital of the Kingdom of Italy where the Palloti di Roma were located. Various families of different lines rooting from this surname were located in Piedmont, Venice, Rome, Messina, Milan, Bologna, and Palermo. Among them were the Pallotta di Macerata, Pallota di Messina, Pallotti del Pemonte. Palladio di Vincenza, Palla di Firenze.

Early History of the Pallotti family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pallotti research. The years 1508, 1522, 1550, 1594, 1597, 1610, 1637, 1663, 1666, 1668, 1680 and 1712 are included under the topic Early Pallotti History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pallotti Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pallotta, Pallota, Palotta, Palota, Palaini, Palaoni, Palaone, Palloni, Pallone, Paloschi, Palladio, Pallai, Pallieri, Pallio, Pallia, Palli and many more.

Early Notables of the Pallotti family

Prominent among members of the family was

  • Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta (1594-1668) was an Italian Cardinal, bishop of Albano in 1663 and bishop of Frascati in 1666. Gabriele Pallotti, earned his doctorate of law and taught at the Universi...

Migration of the Pallotti family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alexander Palaini, who arrived in New York City in 1823 at the age of 40; N. Pallotta, age 27, who arrived in America on May. 5, 1881, aboard the ".


Contemporary Notables of the name Pallotti (post 1700) +

  • Saint Vincenzo Pallotti (1785-1850), Italian ecclesiastical priest of Rome, canonized in 1963


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