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Italian toponymic surnames (78 P) Pages in category "Italian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,356 total.
[9] [10] Some families, however, opted to retain the possessive portion of their surnames, for instance Lorenzo de' Medici literally means "Lorenzo of the Medici" (de' is a contraction of dei, also meaning "of the"; c.f. The Medicis). Another example of the use of plural suffix in Italian surnames is Manieri which is the plural form of Mainiero ...
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Russo (surname) Russo is a common Southern Italian and Sicilian surname. It is the Southern counterpart of Rossi and comes from a nickname indicating red hair or beard, from russo, russë and russu, from Late Latin russus or rubius, Classical Latin rubeus, "red". [ 1][ 2]
Rossi ( [ˈrossi]) is an Italian surname, said to be the most common surname in Italy. Due to the diaspora, it is also very common in other countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Switzerland, the United States and Uruguay. Rossi is the plural of Rosso (meaning " red (haired)", in Italian ). [1]
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The surname was extremely common in both Naples and the Sorrentine area quite early, and is well documented in church records in the end of the 16th century. In Sorrento alone there was an estimated minimum Gargiulo population of 500 at any one time in the 17th century based on a 2008 study of at least 600 Gargiulo church records from 8 area ...
Greco (surname) Greco ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈɡrɛːko]) is a common Italian surname, ranking 10th among the most widespread surnames in Italy, [ 1] and it literally means "Greek". Historically, its popularity is due to the frequent relationships between Italy and Greece.