La Placa Family History
La Placa Surname Meaning
Italian (Sicily): topographic name from placa ‘flat smooth rock’ (from medieval Greek plaka classical Greek plax ‘slab’) with the addition of the definite article la.
Possibly also of Albanian origin, a nickname meaning ‘old’ derived from the Albanian adjective plak ‘old’ or the noun plak (definite form plaku) ‘old man’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
