Latas Explained

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.

Slavic surname

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 Vlach 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Latas Surname Meaning & Statistics. Forebears. November 8, 2015.
2. Book: Šimunović, Petar. Petar Šimunović . Hrvatski prezimenik. Golden marketing-Tehnička knjiga. Zagreb. 2008. 40–41, 100–101. Book 1. Croatian . 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..
3. Book: Šimunović, Petar . Petar Šimunović . Uvod u hrvatsko imenoslovlje. Golden marketing-Tehnička knjiga. Zagreb. 2009. 170. Croatian.