La Plaza: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, La Plaza is usually a form of Plaza. The name is usually explained as “town square”.

• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• With its La prefix, La Plaza keeps Plaza intact and marks descent in the older style.
• Related forms: Plaça.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Plaza and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete La Plaza report, with a museum-style coat of arms.