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A large number of Italian surnames end in i due to the medieval Italian habit of identifying families by the name of the ancestors in the plural (which has an -i suffix in Italian). For instance, Filippo from the Ormanno family (gli Ormanni) would be called "Filippo degli Ormanni" ("Filippo of the Ormannos"). In time, the middle possessive ...
Italian-language surnames (3 C, 4,329 P) P. Surnames of Piedmontese origin (2 P) S. Surnames of Sardinian origin (1 P) T. Italian toponymic surnames (82 P)
Pages in category "Italian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,363 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The top ten surnames cover about 20% of the population, with important geographical differences. The regional distribution of surnames within Spain was homogenized mostly through internal migrations, especially since 1950. Names typical of the old crown of Castile have become the most common all over the country.
Pages in category "Italian patronymic surnames" The following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
-in (Dutch, German) suffix attached to old Germanic female surnames (e.g. female surname "Mayerin", the wife of "Mayer") [22]-ing, ink (Anglo-Saxon, Dutch, German) "descendant" [citation needed]-ino (a common suffix for male Latino and Italian names) [citation needed]-ipa (Abkhazian) "son of" [citation needed]-ipha (Abkhazian) "girl of ...
Medieval Italian military personnel (2 C, 2 P) Medieval Italian musicians (7 C, 1 P) N. Medieval Italian nobility (12 C, 2 P) P. Medieval Italian physicians (8 C) R.
Many Slovenian surnames are linked to Medieval rural settlement patterns. Surnames like Novak (literally, "the new one") or Hribar (from hrib, hill) were given to the peasants settled in newly established farms, usually in high mountains. Peasant families were also named according to the owner of the land which they cultivated: thus, the ...