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Early Origins of the Lato family

The surname Lato was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat on the lands of Lathis from very early times. The first recorded Chief of the name was Thomas Laithis "of that Ilk."

Early History of the Lato family

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Lato Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Latto, Lawtie, Laithis, Lautie, Latta, Lattay, Lathes, Lawta, Lawty, Lawtye, Lawtay, Lathis and many more.

Early Notables of the Lato family

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Migration of the Lato family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Hamilton, James and John Latta, who settled in Philadelphia between 1738 and 1867; Alexander Lawtey settled in St. Christopher in 1716; William Latta settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1768.


Contemporary Notables of the name Lato (post 1700) +

  • Stanley J. Lato, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Wisconsin State Senate 12th District, 1972; Member of Wisconsin State Assembly 34th District 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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