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    PROVINCE OF TRAPANI:

    Province-wide: Giacalone, Marino, Lombardo

    Alcamo: Lombardo, Pirrone, Milazzo
    Buseto Palizzolo: Poma, Maiorana, Criscenti
    Castellammare del Golfo: Galante, Messina, Navarra
    Calatafimi-Segesta: Simone, Adamo, Accardo
    Campobello di Mazara: Indelicato, Stallone, Bono
    Castelvetrano: Accardo, Rizzo, Signorello
    Mazara del Vallo: Giacalone, Asaro, Gancitano
    Custonaci: Castiglione, Poma, Mazzara
    Erice: Messina, Candela, Poma
    Favignana: Campo, Torrente, Ponzio
    Gibellina: Fontana, Zummo, Tramonte
    Paceco: Culcasi, Basiricò, Sugamiele
    Pantelleria: Brignone, Gabriele, Belvisi
    Partanna: Aiello, La Rocca, Nastasi
    Petrosino: Marino, Pipitone, Licari
    Poggioreale: Salvaggio, Vella, Corte
    Salaparuta: Oliveri, Palermo, Cascio
    Salemi: Ardagna, Drago, Caradonna
    San Vito Lo Capo: Ruggirello, Vultaggio, Cusenza
    Santa Ninfa: Biondo, Lombardo, Di Stefano
    Trapani: Messina, Giacalone, Marino
    Valderice: Oddo, Coppola, Mazzara
    Vita: Buffa, Simone, Leo
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    I'm not familiar with most of those but I knew someone with "Nastasi" and I always assumed they were Greek and shortened their surname from something longer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sikeliot View Post
    I'm not familiar with most of those but I knew someone with "Nastasi" and I always assumed they were Greek and shortened their surname from something longer.
    I think Nastasi, along with Anastasi and Stasi are variants of Anastasio (a Campanian surname). Nastasi is the Sicilian variant, Anastasi the Central Italian and Sicilian variant, and Stasi the Apulian variant. At least this is what Gens, an Italian surname website says.

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    It's probably derived from the Greek name Anastasios. Anastasio along with its variants is native to Central and Southern Italy.
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    The surname Navarra is of Spanish origin. Surprisingly, it is common throughout Western Sicily and parts of Southern Italy, even moreso than in Spain.
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    I also see Vella on there. That is common in Malta.

    Speaking of which.. if you put up names from Agrigento and Caltanissetta you'll start to see most of the common Maltese surnames.

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    Of the 20 most common surnames in Italy, only 2 of them are found here. Marino twice and Rizzo once. Both of them are predominantly Southern Italian rather than pan-Italian names.

    Lombardi is one of the most popular surnames in Italy, but it is instead Lombardo that is found more often in Sicily and Calabria, as seen here.
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    REPUBLIC OF MALTA:

    Gozo: Vella, Attard, Camilleri
    Malta: Borg, Vella, Camilleri
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    The surnames Attardo, Cammalleri, Vella, and Borgia all common in Sicily, not only Malta.
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    Camilleri is common in Agrigento.

    All of the ones ending in -eri are from Agrigento.. Camilleri, Spiteri, Cavaleri, etc

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    Indeed. Camilleri is a variant spelling of Cammalleri. The latter is more common in Sicily.
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