Vita History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Italy

The name comes from the Latin word "vita," meaning "life."

Early Origins of the Vita family

The surname Vita was first found in Treviso, anciently known as Tarvisium, a town in Venetia, capital of the province of Treviso. The cathedral of San Pietro is notable and dates back to 1141. It is in the classical style with seven domes, and houses works by many notable painters and sculptors. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Vita family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vita research. Another 121 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1290, 1458, 1469, 1489, 1502, 1508, 1513, 1523, 1610, 1632, 1652, 1660, 1681, 1692, 1753, 1824 and 1848 are included under the topic Early Vita History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Vita Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Viti, Vito, Vit, Vitti, Biti, Bitti, Bitto, Vidi, Vido, Vio, Vitelli, Vitello, Vitiello, Vitulli, Vittozzo, Vitone, Vitoni, Bittolo, Bittini, Bitelli, Vidolo, Vitangelo, Vilotti, Vidossi and many more.

Early Notables of the Vita family

Prominent among members of the family was

Pietro Vidoni (1610-1681), was an Italian cardinal and Papal Legate and Nuncio to Poland (1652-1660); Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692), was an Italian composer and violone player; and Giovanni Bat...

Vita Ranking

In the United States, the name Vita is the 16,294^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Vita migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vita Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Miguel Vita, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1823 2
Juan De Vita, who landed in New Granada in 1879 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Vita (post 1700) +

Vita C. O'Donovan, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996 3

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html