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ROSSI (reds)
RUSSO (Russian)
FERRARI from Ferrara
ESPOSITO (exposed , or of those who were exposed i.e. abandoned by mom)
BIANCHI (whites)
ROMANO (roman)
COLOMBO (pidgeon)
RICCI (curly)
MARINO (related to sea)
GRECO (greek)
BRUNO (dark)
GALLO (rooster) or Gaul
CONTI (counts) of the count
DE LUCA (Luca's)
MANCINI (lefthandeds)
COSTA (coast)
GIORDANO
RIZZO
LOMBARDI (lombards)
MORETTI (the darkies)
BARBIERI (barbers)
FONTANA (fountain)
SANTORO from Sanctorum Omnium (all the Saints)
MARIANI
RINALDI
CARUSOstable boy, probably from the French Garçon
FERRARA
GALLI (the Gauls or roosters)
MARTINI
LEONE (lion)
LONGO (archaic form of long) probably meaning "tall"
GENTILE (Gentile or gentle)
MARTINELLI
VITALE (full of life)
LOMBARDO
SERRA (greenhouse or small wood)
COPPOLA (hat)
DE SANTIS
D'ANGELO
MARCHETTI
PARISI
VILLA
CONTE
FERRARO
FERRI (irons)
FABBRI (smiths)
BIANCO (white)
MARINI
GRASSO (fat)
VALENTINI
MESSINA
SALA
DE ANGELIS
GATTI (cats)
PELLEGRINI (pilgrims)
PALUMBO
SANNA
FARINA (flour)
RIZZI having curly hair
MONTI (mounts)
CATTANEO
MORELLI
AMATO (beloved)
SILVESTRI (of woods)
MAZZA (a bat/bar)
TESTA (head)
GRASSI (fats)
PELLEGRINO (pilgrim)
CARBONE (coal)
GIULIANI member of the Gens Iulia, ancient Roman patrician gens
BENEDETTI (blessed)
BARONE (baron)
ROSSETTI (the reddies(lipsticks)
CAPUTO
MONTANARI (mountaineers)
GUERRA (war)
PALMIERI
BERNARDI
MARTINO
FIORE (flower)
DE ROSA (of a rose)
FERRETTI
BELLINI (pretties)
BASILE from Greek basileos (king)
RIVA (coast)
DONATI (given)
PIRAS from ancient Greek "pyr", <>
VITALI
BATTAGLIA (battle)
SARTORI Tailors (?)
NERI (blacks)
COSTANTINI
MILANI
PAGANO (heathen/pagan)
RUGGIERO
SORRENTINO
D'AMICO (of a friend)
ORLANDO
NEGRI (niggers)
[B]MANTOVANI (of Mantua)
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