Aragonese and Catalan: habitational name from any of the place
called Peralta, corresponding to old Aragonese Petra Alta; or
possibly also from Petra in Mallorca, an important place during the
16th and 17th centuries. RS, DK, kh.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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