Porta History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Porta surname comes from the Latin "porta" meaning "gate." As such, it was likely a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town.

Early Origins of the Porta family

The surname Porta was first found in Venice, where early records of the Porta lineage are found in the city of Padua in 1253, with Giovanni-Battista Della Porta, who was Governor of the city.

Early History of the Porta family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Porta research. Another 60 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1528, 1535, 1577, 1601, 1615, 1689, 1767 and 1801 are included under the topic Early Porta History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Porta Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Porta, Dalla Porta, Della Porta, La Porta and many more.

Early Notables of the Porta family

Prominent among members of the family was

Costanzo Porta (c.1528-1601), Italian composer
Giambattista della Porta (1535-1615), Italian, Renaissance scientist and dramatist
Guglielmo della Porta (d. 1577), Italian sculptor, who worked in Genoa and Rome
Ferdinando Porta (1689-1767), Italian painter of the late-Baroque, born in Milan

Porta Ranking

In France, the name Porta is the 5,150^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Porta migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Porta Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Benito Da Porta, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1803 2
I M Porta, aged 23, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1826 2
Memside La Porta, aged 44, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1826 2
Antonio Porta, aged 27, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1831 2
Bernardo Porta, age 28, who arrived in America on June 9, 1882, aboard the "Belgenland"
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Porta Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Giovanni Della Porta, who arrived in Arkansas in 1906 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Porta (post 1700) +

Chester A. Porta, American politician, Mayor of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 1954-57 3
Ruth Porta Cantoni (1957-2023), Spanish politician, member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of the Community of Madrid from 2007 to 2011
Ricardo Gregorio Faccio Porta (1907-1970), Uruguayan-Italian professional football player
Juan Ricardo Faccio Porta (b. 1936), former Uruguayan football player and manager, active 1972-1987

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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 2016, January 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html