<P> The first lord of the village, a contemporary of the first king of Portugal, around 1164, became known as João das Freitas, hence initiating the surname Freitas . </P> <P> In an adjacent civil parish, Travassós, there is a second, smaller village named Freitas . A small family's last name originates from this village with the last name: Freyta </P>

Where does the last name freitas come from