Rotta Family History
- Rotta Name Meaning
- Italian: topographic name from rotta ‘break’, ‘breach’, probably denoting a pass through a range of mountains. Italian: from the vocabulary word rotta ‘course (of a ship)’, hence an occupational nickname for a steersman. Compare Greek Rota.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 9,069 Historical Documents with Rotta on Ancestry
- 3,721 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,925 Census and Voter Lists
- 329 Military Records
- 895 Immigration Records
- 2,199 Member Trees
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Number of Rotta families
 7 - 12  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rotta census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Rotta census records
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