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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Sephardic) : altered form of Portuguese Lousada, a habitational name from a place in Portugal so called, probably named for its flagstones. Compare Losada.
  • According to family historians the family bearing this name came to New York early in the 18th century from England, having previously come to England from Portugal via Holland.

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