Portalatin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Portalatin

What does the name Portalatin mean?

The Portalatin 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 Portalatin family

The surname Portalatin was first found in Venice, where early records of the Portalatin 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 Portalatin family

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Portalatin Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Portalatin 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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Migration of the Portalatin family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Bernardo Porta, age 28, who arrived in America on June 9, 1882, aboard the "Belgenland"; Carlo Porta, age 24, who arrived in American on April 9, 1884, aboard the ".

Contemporary Notables of the name Portalatin (post 1700) +

Maria Portalatin, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980 1
Aida Cartagena Portalatín (b. 1918), writer and university professor in the Dominican Republic

Sources +

The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html