The mountainous borders of
Spain contain the origins of the prestigious surname Neto.The original bearer of the name Neto, which is a
local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of
Spain. In
Spain,
hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread.
Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Neto family originally lived in the northern Spanish province of Navarra. The place-name Navarra is derived from the
Basque word "nava," or "naba," which means "plain near the mountains."
Early Origins of the Neto family
The surname Neto was first found in
Aragon, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.
Early History of the Neto family
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Neto Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Navarro, Navaro, Navarra, Navarre, Navarrolas and others.
Early Notables of the Neto family (pre 1700)
Notable bearers of the family name Neto were sixteenth century Spanish engineer and officer Pedro Navarro; sixteenth century Spanish dramatist and actor Pedro Navarro; eighteenth century Spanish naval officer Juan José Navarro; Felipe Navarre, eighteenth century Spanish painter; nineteenth...
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Migration of the Neto family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Neto Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- A Neto, aged 33, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1836 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Contemporary Notables of the name Neto (post 1700)
- Geneton Moraes Neto (1956-2016), Brazilian journalist and writer
- João Leithardt Neto (1958-2015), nicknamed Kita, a Brazilian footballer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Antônio Meneses Neto (b. 1957), Brazilian cellist