Plaça Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

If your family name is Plaça, its origin lies with Plaza, a long-established Spanish surname. The name is generally explained as “town square”.

• Related forms: La Plaza.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• Records show Plaça as one of the forms Plaza took over time.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Plaza surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Plaça family name pack.