Ponte History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Ponte

What does the name Ponte mean?

The distinguished Spanish surname Ponte is of local origin, derived from the name of the place where a man once lived or held land. The surname Ponte is the plural form of the word "Puente" which in Spanish means "bridge," thus, the original bearer of this surname must have been born or lived in a town where there were several bridges, a feature that he decided to adopt as his surname.

Early Origins of the Ponte family

The surname Ponte was first found in the valley of the Trucios in the province of Biscay in the Basque region. However, families with the Ponte surname, have been present in Catalonia for many centuries. The Spanish Ponte surname has appeared in documents that date as far back as the eleventh century.

Early History of the Ponte family

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Ponte Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ponte, Ponti, Pont, Ponts, Pontos, Puentes, De La Puente and many more.

Early Notables of the Ponte family

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Ponte Ranking

In the United States, the name Ponte is the 12,978^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Ponte migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ponte Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Petronila Ponte, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1811 2
Maria Joseia Ponte, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1821-1831 2
I P Ponte, aged 40, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1824 2
Pedro Ponte, aged 40, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1825 2
Louis Ponte, who arrived in America in 1825
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Ponte migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ponte Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Guiseppe Ponte, age 47, who arrived in New York on Jan. 23, 1885, aboard the "Canada"

Ponte migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3

Ponte Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Antonio Ponte, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1835 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Ponte (post 1700) +

Laura Ponte y Martínez (b. 1973), Spanish model from Vigo, daughter of José Manuel Ponte Mittelbrunn (born 1942)
Moshe Ponte (b. 1956), Israeli former Olympic silver medalist judoka, President of the Israel Judo Association
Gabriele "Gabry" Ponte (b. 1973), Italian DJ, remixer, record producer, and radio personality from Turin, Italy
Marcos Cesar Ponte (b. 1963), Brazilian Air Force pilot
Dulce José Silva Ponte (b. 1969), Portuguese songwriter and singer
Raimondo Ponte (b. 1955), former Swiss-Italian footballer
Robson Ponte (b. 1976), Brazilian football player
Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838), Italian Venetian librettist and poet, born Emanuele Conegliano, who later moved to New York
Carla Del Ponte (b. 1947), Swiss lawyer, who was a Chief Prosecutor at two United Nations international criminal law tribunals and Swiss attorney general

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies