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Pages in category "Italian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,395 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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".
Matraxia is one of the common Sicilian surnames of Greek origins. It's probably from the name of the dorian island Mathraki, one of the islands from which Dorians departed in order to create the famous Magna Graecia
Pages in category "Surnames of Italian origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 704 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[6] [7] Men—except slaves—in ancient Rome always had hereditary surnames, i.e., nomen (clan name) and cognomen (side-clan name). However, the multi-name tradition was lost by the Middle Ages. Outside the aristocracy, where surnames were often patronymic or those of manors or fiefs, most Italians began to assume hereditary surnames around 1450.
LaRosa is a common surname, meaning "the rose" in Italian. LaRosa is a common surname within Sicilian families, and is of Cantabrian-Castilian origin. [1] Larrosa is the Aragonese form of this surname.
In Gozo, the surnames Bajada and Farrugia are also common. Sicilian and Italian surnames; Sicilian and Italian surnames are common due to the close vicinity to Malta. Sicilians were the first to colonise the Maltese islands. Common examples include Azzopardi, Bonello, Cauchi, Farrugia, Gauci, Rizzo, Schembri, Tabone, Vassallo, Vella. French ...
Common places used as surnames include Dibra, Laci, Shkodra, Prishtina, Delvina, Koroveshi and Permeti, as well as the famous Frasheri surname of the Frasheri family. Additionally common some names indicate regional origins: Gega/Gegaj (for one of Gheg origin ), Tosku/Toskaj (signifying Tosk origin ) and Chami (for Cham origin ).