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Where did the Spanish Villalta family come from? What is the Spanish Villalta family crest and coat of arms? When did the Villalta family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Villalta family history?

Although the exact origin of the Spanish surname Villalta is unclear, research suggests that, like most Spanish compound surnames containing the first element "Villa," the surname was adopted as a surname from the name of a place of residence. The Latin "Villa" means town. It is the place name that is uncertain.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Villacreces, Villacrecis, Villacrusis and others.

First found in Andalusia, in southern Spain, the chief city being Seville an ancient pre-Roman Iberian town.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Villalta research. Another 177 words(13 lines of text) covering the years 15 c, 1616 and 1694 are included under the topic Early Villalta History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 41 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Villalta Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Juan Villacrea, who arrived in America in 1528. In later years, Juan Villacor, arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860.

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  6. Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
  7. Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Armorial Général by J.B. Rietstap. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. 1967. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-209).
  8. Atienza, Julio De Atienza. Español: Diccionario Heraldico De Apellidos Españoles Y De Titulos Nobiliarios. Madrid: Aguilar, 1959. Print.
  9. Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
  10. Colletta, John P. They Came in Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
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The Villalta Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Villalta Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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