Siciliani - the origin of names in your family?

[Smitty]

Longo is common throughout Sicily, I have seen it before.

According to Surname Database, it's Latin in origin. If that's true, I would imagine it's pretty common throughout Italy in general.

[Seth MacFarlane]

I don't want to give away my own last name for privacy reasons but others in my family:

Costanzo (derives from Constantine) -- Latin
Lipari (from the island Lipari, derived from Greek "Lypàra") -- Greek
Messina (from Messina province, after Messene) -- Greek
Paxhia -- Arbereshe

moms mother was dimieri do you have any idea what's the origin and can it point to the region my Sicilian roots are from ?

[Tacitus]

moms mother was dimieri do you have any idea what's the origin and can it point to the region my Sicilian roots are from ?

Dimieri isn't a Sicilian name.

[Seth MacFarlane]

Dimieri isn't a Sicilian name.

What name is it then my friend ? ( no sarcasm just really want to know )

[Tacitus]

What name is it then my friend ? ( no sarcasm just really want to know )

Erm, those two dots are in Campania. So there's your answer.

[Seth MacFarlane]

Erm, those two dots are in Campania. So there's your answer.

Thanks bro !! My relative was supposedly Sicilian although he could of been mixed. He looks similar to mobster Sam the plumber decalvacante

[Dweller23]

My name is of sicilian origin...the motherland Sicilia.

[blogen]

Surnames are a linguistic matter. To have a surname of Arabic origin doesn't mean to be of Arabic origin. It's not automatic.

For example, Normans had surnames of Latin origins (of toponomastic origin, derived from place names in France of Latin origins) but Normans were not of Latin origins.

The Normans of Normandy? The average "Norman" were French (Latin) origin, because they were French noblemans and fortune hunters. Only a minority between the Normans were real Northmen.

source: R.H.C. Davis: The Normans and Their Myth - 1976

[rausch]

In my italian family some surnames are:

Incorvaia
Lo Brutto
Marrale
Gracci

If I go by the distribution of surnames are all of distinctly Sicilian origin, except Gracci that appears to be Tuscan. This makes sense since they came from Licata.

According to some sources the surname Incorvaia is a topographic name from corvaia ‘place frequented by crows’, with the addition of the prefix in- ‘belonging to the family of’.

I have not researched much of the rest of surnames, if anyone knows anything about them I would appreciate your contribution.

[Akragas]

My sir name is of Greek origin .

some of the sir names:

Crisafi
Polizotto
Catalanotto
Caristo