Latas
Latas (Serbian: Латас) is a surname, found in many countries in Europe, mainly in Serbia, Poland, Croatia, but also Spain and Portugal from Middle Ages.[1] However their mutual geographical and lexical origin is undetermined. This surname in the countries of ex-Yugoslavia is not tied to any ethnicity or confession, yet territory (Dinara).[2] Croatian linguist, Petar Šimunović, derived Lat from personal name Láto (Latif), meaning gentle.[2] The second part as is ending suffix, mostly found in personal names among Vlachian pastoralist communities from Dinara.[2][3]
List of people with surname Latas
- Omar Pasha, born Mihajlo Latas (1806–1871), Ottoman general and governor.
- Branko Latas Vrška, Serbian political scientist, historian and colonel in the Yugoslav People's Army.
- Dragan Pavloviḱ Latas, Macedonian journalist.
See also
- Latas (Aragonese dynasty) for the noble Spanish surname.
References
- ↑ "Latas Surname Meaning & Statistics". Forbears. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- 1 2 3 P. Šimunović (2008). Hrvatski prezimenik (in Croatian). Book 1. Zagreb: Golden marketing-Tehnička knjiga. pp. 40–41, 100–101.
Petras, Juras, Lukas, Maras, Baras, Brnas, Pavas, Matas, Latas etc. Nisu dakle ta prezimena konfesionalno i etnički, nego teritorijalno prepoznatljiva ... Najčešće ga pratim na osobnim imenima i prezimenima Dinarskim gorjem, gdje je bilo rasprostranjeno i vlaško pučanstvo ... Prezimena na -as prostiru se u Hrvatskoj uglavnom Dinarskim gorjem. Ta su se prezimena selila, dakle, putovima srednjovjekovnih Vlaha i Albanaca i -as nalazimo često u njihovim prezimenima.
- ↑ P. Šimunović (2009). Uvod U Hrvatsko Imenoslovlje (in Croatian). Zagreb: Golden marketing-Tehnička knjiga. p. 170.
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