Latas () is a surname, found in many countries in Europe, mainly in Serbia, Poland, Croatia, but also Spain and Portugal from Middle Ages. However their mutual geographical and lexical origin is undetermined.

Slavic surname

This surname in the countries of ex-

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is not tied to any ethnicity or confession, yet territory (

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). Croatian linguist,

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, derived ''Lat'' from personal name ''Láto'' (''

Latif Al-Latif (''Al-Laṭīf'' , also anglicized as ''Al-Lateef'') is one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "kind". Latif can also be a masculine given name, as short form of Abdul Latif, meaning "servant of the Gentle". Its feminine form is Latifa. ...

''), meaning ''gentle''. The second part ''as'' is ending suffix, mostly found in personal names among

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pastoralist communities from

List of people with surname Latas

Omar Pasha Omer Pasha, also known as Omer Pasha Latas (, ; 24 September 1806 – 18 April 1871) was an Ottoman field marshal and governor. Born in the Austrian Empire to Serbian Orthodox Christian parents, he initially served as an Austrian soldier. When f ...

, born Mihajlo Latas (1806–1871), Ottoman general and governor. *Branko Latas Vrška, Serbian political scientist, historian and colonel in the

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (JNA/; Macedonian language, Macedonian, Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian language, Croatian and ; , J ...

. *

Dragan Pavloviḱ Latas Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a South Slavic masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include: Politicians and office holders * Dra ...

, Macedonian journalist.

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Slavic surname

List of people with surname Latas

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