Lobato History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Portugal
Spain

In Portugal, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that described a person's temperament or appearance were frequently used. Such nicknames sometimes became hereditary and were passed down as surnames onto further generations. The name Lobato is thought to be derived from the Latin word "lupus," meaning "wolf."

Alternatively, the name could have been a patronymic name, meaning "Son of Lope", where Lope is a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf".

Early Origins of the Lobato family

The surname Lobato was first found in the province of Lugo where today it is the most common name in that area.

Lobato Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lopez, Lopes, Lope, Llop, Lupus, Llopis and others.

Lobato Ranking

In the United States, the name Lobato is the 14,564^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Lobato migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lobato Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pedro Lobato, who arrived in America in 1828 2
Bta Fernandes Lobato, aged 12, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1831 2
Alvaro Lobato, who landed in Nombre de Dios, Panama in 1835 2
Andres Lobato, who arrived in Rio de la Plata in 1835 2
Fermin Lobato, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1878 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Lobato (post 1700) +

Rosa Lobato (1932-2010), Portuguese actress and writer
Nelida Lobato (1934-1982), prominent Argentine dancer and actress
Chano Lobato (1927-2009), Spanish flamenco singer
Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1952-1978), East-Timorese politician and national hero
Tamara "Tammy" Lobato (b. 1971), Australian politician
José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato (1882-1948), one of Brazil 's most influential writers
Lúcia Maria Brandão Freitas Lobato (b. 1965), East Timorese politician
Antonio Cortés Lobato, Spanish business executive

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)