La'porta History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Etymology of La'porta

What does the name La'porta mean?

The La'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 La'porta family

The surname La'porta was first found in Venice, where early records of the La'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 La'porta family

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La'porta Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the La'porta family

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...
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La'porta migration to the United States +

La'porta Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jose Laporta, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1804 1

Sources +

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)