Show ContentsLa Bianca History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

From the historical and fascinating Italian region of Venice emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished La Bianca family. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adapt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they are characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most common type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, the nickname type of surname is also frequently found. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The surname La Bianca came from a light-haired or light-complexioned person having derived from the Germanic word blank which means white.

Early Origins of the La Bianca family

The surname La Bianca was first found in northern Italy, in the modern territory of Emilia-Romagna. The earliest record of the La Bianca family shows them in Bologna, where Martino Bianchi was a chancellor in 938 in Orvieto, one of the more prosperous cities of this time. Bianchi is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

Early History of the La Bianca family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our La Bianca research. Another 31 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1350, 1447, 1460, 1510, 1581, 1590, 1604, 1612, 1656, 1657, 1662, 1679, 1729, 1752 and 1810 are included under the topic Early La Bianca History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

La Bianca Spelling Variations

Surnames that originated in Italy are characterized by an enormous number of spelling variations. Some of these are derived from regional traditions and dialects. Northern names, for instance, often end in "o", while southern names tend to end in "i". Other variations come from the fact the medieval scribes tended to spell according to the sound of words, rather than any particular set of rules. The recorded variations of La Bianca include Bianchs, Bianchis, Bianchiardi, Bianca, Biancani, Biancat, Biancato, Biancheda, Bianchedi, Bianchera, Biancheri, Bianchesi, Bianchessi, Bianchet, Bianchetti, Bianchetto, Bianchi, Bianchini, Bianchinotti, Bianciotti, Bianco, Biancoli, Biancolini, Bianconcini, Biancone, Bianconi, Biancotti, Biancotto, Biancucci, Blanc, Blanca, Blanco, DeBianchi, De Bianchi, Del Bianco, DelBianco, LaBianca, La Bianca and many more.

Early Notables of the La Bianca family

Prominent among members of the family was Bianco da Siena, a religious poet and mystic born in Venice in 1350, who was also a composer of hymns; Francesco Ferrari Bianchi was born in Modena in 1460 and created dramatic religious paintings famous for their use of color; Isidoro Bianchi (1581-1662), was an Italian painter of the Baroque period; Bartolomeo Bianco (1590-1657), an Italian architect of the early Baroque; Francesco Bianchini (1662-1729), was an...
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United States La Bianca migration to the United States +

An examination into the immigration and passenger lists has discovered a number of people bearing the name La Bianca:

La Bianca Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Rosa Labianca, aged 28, originally from Bitetto, Italy, who arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Giuseppe Verdi" from Napoli, Italy 1
  • Agostino La Bianca, aged 53, originally from Genoa, Italy, who arrived in New York in 1919 from Genoa and Lisbon, Portugal 1
  • Giuseppe Labianca, aged 13, originally from Gangi, who arrived in New York, New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Taormina" from Napoli, Italy 1


  1. Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result


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