Typical surnames from your state/region

[Peyrol]

It would be an interesting discussion;

The typical piedmonteis surnames always ends in -ero:

-Ferrero
-Boero
-Mantero
-Panero
-Accornero
-Olivero
-Cordero
-Cravero
-etc

...or in -asso:

-Pautasso
-Dalmasso
-Buriasso
-Cambiasso
-etc

...in -rino:

-Garbarino
-Pavarino
- etc


..and many are typical only of this region, very rare in other parts of North and South Italy:

-Arnaudo
-Ariaudo
-Alliaud
-Fernet (very rare)
-Genet (also this is very rare)
-Pont
-Revel
-Rinaudo
-Bauducco
-Boccardo
-Giraudo
-Einaudo
-Blanc
-Vuillermoz
-Cerise
-Enoch
-Gastaldi
-Benso
-Meitre
-Martinat
-Gay
-Pejre
-Pejrachia
-Pellissier
-Favre
-Vablais
-Savoia
-Chevron (i know only 2 people with this surname).

[Sikeliot]

I'll list some common Sicilian and Portuguese surnames, or at least the ones I see most frequently in my endeavors, since where I live you have people from everywhere.

Sicily;

Messina
Caruso
Guastella
Greco
Salamone
Palermo
De Luca
Amato
Russo
Camilleri
Farrugia
Sanzone


Portugal;

Lopes
Tavares
Teixeira
Rezendes
Ferreira
Gomes
Medeiros
Marques
Costa
Azevedo
Fernandes

[Peyrol]

I'll list some common Sicilian and Portuguese surnames, or at least the ones I see most frequently in my endeavors, since where I live you have people from everywhere.

Sicily;

Messina
Caruso
Guastella
Greco
Salamone
Palermo
De Luca
Amato
Russo
Camilleri
Farrugia
Sanzone


Portugal;

Lopes
Tavares
Teixeira
Rezendes
Ferreira
Gomes
Medeiros
Marques
Costa
Azevedo
Fernandes

Are these the most common surnames of sicAms? They reflect the actual sicilian onomastic composition:

1 RUSSO
2 MESSINA
3 LOMBARDO
4 CARUSO
5 MARINO
6 RIZZO
7 GRASSO
8 GRECO
9 ROMANO
10 PARISI
11 AMATO
12 PUGLISI
13 LA ROSA
14 COSTA
15 VITALE
16 ARENA
17 PAPPALARDO
18 BRUNO
19 CATALANO
20 RANDAZZO

[Sikeliot]

Are these the most common surnames of sicAms?

Somewhat. I went by what I find on Facebook. From your list, I've never met a Sicilian American with Costa, La Rosa, Bruno, or Arena, but the others yes. Some of the ones I listed (Camilleri, Farrugia, Sanzone) are common to specific regions, in the case of those I just listed, to the far western provinces (Camilleri is a surname from Agrigento, and Farrugia and Sanzone from Palermo). Guastella seems to be from the eastern parts.

[Peyrol]

Somewhat. I went by what I find on Facebook. From your list, I've never met a Sicilian American with Costa, La Rosa, Bruno, or Arena, but the others yes. Some of the ones I listed (Camilleri, Farrugia, Sanzone) are common to specific regions, in the case of those I just listed, to the far western provinces (Camilleri is a surname from Agrigento, and Farrugia and Sanzone from Palermo). Guastella seems to be from the eastern parts.

Interesting see how many surnames are "etnonimics" like Romano, Greco, Provenzano, Catalano, etc....this reflect the multiethnic nature of the island in the centuries.

[Sikeliot]

Interesting see how many surnames are "etnonimics" like Romano, Greco, Provenzano, Catalano, etc....this reflect the multiethnic nature of the island in the centuries.

Another one I see when searching through Facebook is "Maltese". Also speaking of Malta, most common Maltese surnames are western Sicilian surnames.

[Peyrol]

Another one I see when searching through Facebook is "Maltese". Also speaking of Malta, most common Maltese surnames are western Sicilian surnames.

Many maltese surnames are present also in Sicilia:
Balzan-->Balsamo
Falzone-->Falzon
etc.etc

[Peyrol]

About Piemont, i forgot obviously southerner surnames due to the '50-'60 internal immigration like Esposito, Caruso, Russo, etc...



It would be an interesting discussion;

The typical piedmonteis surnames always ends in -ero:

-Ferrero
-Boero
-Mantero
-Panero
-Accornero
-Olivero
-Cordero
-Cravero
-etc

...or in -asso:

-Pautasso
-Dalmasso
-Buriasso
-Cambiasso
-etc

...in -rino:

-Garbarino
-Pavarino
- etc


..and many are typical only of this region, very rare in other parts of North and South Italy:

-Arnaudo
-Ariaudo
-Alliaud
-Fernet (very rare)
-Genet (also this is very rare)
-Pont
-Revel
-Rinaudo
-Bauducco
-Boccardo
-Giraudo
-Einaudo
-Blanc
-Vuillermoz
-Cerise
-Enoch
-Gastaldi
-Benso
-Meitre
-Martinat
-Gay
-Pejre
-Pejrachia
-Pellissier
-Favre
-Vablais
-Savoia
-Chevron (i know only 2 people with this surname).

[Sikeliot]

Many maltese surnames are present also in Sicilia:
Balzan-->Balsamo
Falzone-->Falzon
etc.etc


Muscat (Moscato), Grech (Greco), Attard (Attardo), Vella, Spiteri are all Sicilian surnames too, that got to Malta through Sicilian settlement.

[Foxy]

In Abruzzo the most common surnames are patronimics starting by "Di" (corrispective of "of" or "von"), meaning in origin "son/daughter of".
The list of the most common surnames is:

- D'Angelo (Son Of Angel)
- Di Giovanni (Son of John)
- D'Amico
- Mancini
- Di Girolamo (Son of Girolamo)
- D'Annunzio (Son of Annunzio - now an estinguished personal name)
- D'Intino (Son of Intino - estinguished personal name)
- Di Cintio
- Di Bonaventura
- Di Plinio

Then there is the category of the surnames of Latin origin.

- De Santiis
- De Benedictis
- De Laurentiis
- De Iuliis

Others were ancient nicknames:

- Zappacosta
- Mammarella
- Ciocca

Others were names + ancient titles

- Mastropietro (Master Peter)
- Mastrantonio (Master Anthony)

We have also many surnames ending in -ozzo and this is in common with some areas of the region of Marche

- Marcozzi
- Angelozzi

That are found also in the form ending in -ucci

- Marcucci
- Angelucci

[Stefan]

http://flowingdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Surnames-map.jpg

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/02/geography/usa-surnames-interactive

[Sikeliot]

Stefan, one of the French ones on that map (Michaud) is common amongst French-Canadians in my area.

[Foxy]

A curiosity:

As Abruzzo has been for centuries an isolated region, it is the region that conservs the highest number of patronimics (Di Plinio, Di Girolamo, Di Giovanni, Di Fabio, D'Amario, Di Prinzio) : 32/50 of the most common surnames are patronimics.

[Peyrol]

Oh yers, i forgot the meaning of the surnames. :D


It would be an interesting discussion;

The typical piedmonteis surnames always ends in -ero:

-Ferrero smith :D
-Boero cowman
-Mantero taylor
-Panero baker
-Accornero ???
-Olivero olive cultivator
-Cordero rope maker
-Cravero sheperd
-etc

...or in -asso:

-Pautasso pigs guardian
-Dalmasso from the latin "Dalmatius"
-Buriasso same as Boero
-Cambiasso ???
-etc

...in -rino:

-Garbarino skinner
-Pavarino from the distorsion of "Bavar", so bavarian
- etc


..and many are typical only of this region, very rare in other parts of North and South Italy:


these are all pathromic, indicators of a place or dialectla distorsions

-Arnaudo
-Ariaudo
-Alliaud
-Fernet (very rare)
-Genet (also this is very rare)
-Pont
-Revel
-Rinaudo
-Bauducco
-Boccardo
-Giraudo
-Einaudo
-Blanc
-Vuillermoz
-Cerise
-Enoch
-Gastaldi
-Benso
-Meitre
-Martinat
-Gay
-Pejre
-Pejrachia
-Pellissier
-Favre
-Vablais
-Savoia
-Chevron (i know only 2 people with this surname).

[Foxy]

Oh yers, i forgot the meaning of the surnames. :D

Apparently in Piedmont most surnames express an ancient craft, it was very common in Middle Age.
It neither surprises me that in Abruzzo there are so many patronimics. In small villages old people still ask you, after your name, "whose are you son/daughter?", rather than your surname. Ahahahah!

[Peyrol]

Apparently in Piedmont most surnames express an ancient craft, it was very common in Middle Age.
It neither surprises me that in Abruzzo there are so many patronimics. In small villages old people still ask you, after your name, "whose are you son/daughter?", rather than your surname. Ahahahah!

Aahahaha really.

Anyway also occitan/arpitan sounding surnames of the list, like Ariaudo, Arnaudo, Alliaud, Martinat, etc are pathronimic...others like Chevron, Pont, etc are work-related. Il like these surnames, because are very ancient, a heritage when occitan and arpitan were widespread here...

[Peyrol]

I forgot the surname "Scotti" (Scott), widespread in all Northern Italy due medieval mercenaries.

[Linet]

Those are only few surnames from my village, from inner Lacedaemonia :rose:

Apostolakos
Katergakos
Maroulakos
Antonakos
Stratigakos
Vlahakis
Koulentis
Sotirianakos
Tsirigotis
Xarhakos
Tsaglis
Panagiotakos
Maurakos
Kalapothianakos

[Rouxinol]

These are certainly among the most common, always had several people with them in my classes:

SILVA
COSTA
MENDES
PEREIRA
MARQUES
CORREIA
GOMES
SANTOS
LOPES
RODRIGUES
SOUSA
FERREIRA
ALVES
NUNES
ESTEVES
RIBEIRO

[poiuytrewq0987]

Macedonian surnames commonly end with ov and ski combined but surnames ending with just ov or ev are also common. Ov ending means son of and ski ending means from which family or from which place. For example, Krstevski means son of Krste, Krste family (however, a female is given an ovska ending and this means daughter of).

Most common surnames in my region of Macedonia:

Northeastern, -овски/-евски: Јовановски, Стојановски, Трајковски, Спасовски, Николовски, Илиевски. Jovanovski (Jovan is a Serbian spelling for John), Stojanovski (Stojan is supposedly derived from Stojak, Polish for stand), Trajkovski (Trajko is diminutive for Trajan), Spasovski (not sure about the etymology of this one) Nikolovski (Nikolovski is derived from name Nikola and Nikola has a Greek etymology deriving from goddess Nike of victory), Ilievski (variety of Elijah).

[aimar]

most common ones around here from my experience
Figueiredo
Lopes
Santos
Coelho
Gomes
Almeida
Oliveira
Coelho
Melo

here's a list of the 100 most common portuguese surnames.

http://anossavida.pt/sites/anossavida.pt/files/100_apelidos.pdf

[Damião de Góis]

here's a list of the 100 most common portuguese surnames.

http://anossavida.pt/sites/anossavida.pt/files/100_apelidos.pdf

Funny that i have one surname among the most common, and two that aren't even on the list...

[Queen B]

Can an Italian member say which make sense in Italian/have Italian origin?
The bolded ones are the most common, but there are also many popular that are not included (this was in the list I found, I didn't include those I have never heard before)

Αβάσταγος (Avastago)
Αβούρης/Αβούριος (Avuri)
Αγιαποστολίτης (Ajiapostoliti)
Αγουστόνης/Αουστόνης (Austoni)
Αλιμπράντης/Αλιπράντης (Alipranti)
Αλμπέρτο (Alberti)
Αντρηόλας/Αντριόλας/Ανδρεόλας (Andriola)
Αντρίζης/Αντρίτσης/Ανδρίτσης (Andrizzi)
Αντρούτσος/Ανδρούτσος-Τρομπέττας (Andruzzo-Trompeti)
Βάλβης/Μπάλμπης (Balbi)
Βάλσαμος/Μπάλσαμος (Balsamo)
Βαρβαρήγος/Μπαρμπαρίγος (Barbarigo)
Βαρβιάνης/Βαρβίας/Μπαρμπίας (Barbia/Barbiani)
Βαρδάνης (Vardani)
Βάρδας (Varda)
Βαρζός/Μπαρζός (Barzo)
Βελέττης/Μπελέτης (Beletti)
Βέμπο/Μπέμπο (Bembo)
Βενάρδος/Βερνάρδος/Μπενάρδος (Bernardo)
Βενετάντο/Μπενετάντο (Benetanto)
Βενέτος/Μπενέτος (Veneto)
Βεντούρας (Ventura)
Βιτούρης (Viturri)
Βλασόπουλος/Βλασσόπουλος (Vlassopulo)
Βλαστός (Vlasto)
Βολεντιέρας/Βολοντιέρας/Βολτέρρας/Βολτιέρας (Volterra/Volentiera)
Βορήσης (Vorissi)
Βούλγαρης (Vulgari/Bulgari)
Βούλτσος/Μπούλτσος (Vulzo)
Γαήτας (Gaeta)
Γαλέτος (Galeto)
Γαρδέλης/Γαρδελής (Gardeli)
Γαρζώνης (Garzoni)
Γερακάρης (Geracari)
Γεωργάνος (Jorgano)
Γιαννόπουλος (Jannopulo)
Γιαργυρόπουλος/Διαργυρόπουλος (Diargyropulo/Jargyropulo)
Γκράντος/Γράδος (Grado)
Γρατενίγος (Gradenigo)
Γριμάνης (Grimani)
Γρυπάρης (Gripari)
Δάνδολος (Dandolo)
Δαρίβας/Νταρίβα/Ρίβας (DaRiva/Riva)
Δαρέζης/Νταρέζης (Daresi)
Δελαζάρης/Ντελάζαρης/Λάζαρης (De Lazzari)
Δενάζης/Ντενάζης (De Nasi)
Δερώσσης/Ρώσσης (De Rossi)
Δεσύλλας/Σιγούρος-Δεσύλλας (Siguro)
Δικόπουλος/Ντονά-Δικόπουλος (Dona-Dicopulo)
Δονάτος (Donato)
Ζαμπέλης/Ζαμπέλιος (Zambelli)
Ζωγράφος (Zografo)
Ζωΐτσης (Zoitsi)
Ζωναράς (Zonara)
Θερειανός (Theriano)
Καβάλλης (Cavalli)
Καλανδρηνός (Calandrino)
Καλάργας/Καλάργκος (Calarga)
Κάλβος/Κάλμπος (Calbo)
Καλέκας (Caleca)
Καλέτζης (Calenzi)
Καλλέργης (Callergi)
Καλόφωνος (Calofono)
Καμύλος (Camillo)
Καμινάρης (Caminari)
Κανάλε (Canale/Da Canale)
Κανδήλας/Καντήλας (Candila)
Καούτζης/Καούτσης (Cauzzi)
Καπέλλος (Capello)
Καπνίσης (Capnisi/Kapnist)
Κατελάνος/Κατηλάνος/Κατηλιανός (Catelano)
Κατήφορος (Catiforo)
Καψάς (Capsa)
Καψοκέφαλος (Capsochephalo)
Κεφαλληνός/Μαλατέστας-Κεφαλληνός (Malatesta-Cefallino)
Κλάδης (Cladi)
Κοκκίνης (Cocchini)
Κόλας/Κόλλας (Cola)
Κομούτος/Κουμούτος (Comuto)
Κονταράτος (Condarato)
Κονταρίνης (Contarini)
Κοντονής (Condoni)
Κοντούτζης/Κοντούτσης (Conduzzi)
Κόππο (Coppo)
Κοραής (Coray)
Κορνάρος (Cornaro)
Κουερίνης (Querini)
Κουκουλομάτης (Cuculomati)
Κουρούμαλλος (Curumalo)
Κούρτζολάς/Κούρτσολας/Ντακούρτσολα (Curzola)
Κούτζης/Κούτσης (Cuzzi)
Κουτούβαλης (Cotuvali)
Κυβετός (Chiveto)
Λαμπέτης (Lambeti)
Λεκατσάς/Ρούσος-Λεκατζάς (Russo-Lecazza)
Λευκαδίτης (Lefcaditi)
Λιβάνης (Livani)
Λίβιος (Livio)
Λογοθέτης (Logotheti)
Λοκατέλλης/Λοκατέλλι/Ντοκαδέλος (Locatelli)
Λούντζης (Lunzi)
Μαγδαληνός (Magdalino)
Μακρής (Macri)
Μαλιπιέρος (Malipiero)
Μαμουνάς/Μαμωνάς (Mamuna)
Μανδρικάρδης/Μαντρικάρδης (Mandricardi)
Μάνεσης (Manessi)
Μανιατάκης (Maniatachi)
Μανιός (Manio)
Μανολέσος (Manolesso)
Μανούσος (Manusso)
Μαρίνης (Marin)
Μαρσέλλος /Μαρτζέλος/Μαρτσέλος/Μέγκουλας (Marcello-Mengula)
Μαρτινέγκας (Martinengo)
Μασάρης (Masari)
Μάτεσης (Matessi)
Μελισσηνός (Melissino)
Μέτζο (Mezzo)
Μιχαλίτζης/Μιχαλίτσης (Michalizzi)
Μοθωναίος (Mothoneo)
Μονδίνος/Μοντίνος (Mondino)
Μόντε/Μόντης (Monte)
Μορέλλης/Μουρέλης (Morelli)
Μότας (Motta)
Μπαρότσης (Barozzi)
Μπάφο (Baffo)
Μπιτζάρος/Πέζαρος (Pezaro)
Μποριέζης (Borghese)
Μπόρσας (Borsa)
Μπουζιάνης/Μπυζιάνος (Busiani)
Νέγρης (Negri)
Νεράτζης (Neranzi)
Νερούλης (Nerugli)
Νικόπουλος/Νικολόπουλος/Νικόλοπουλο(Nicolopulo)
Νομικός (Nomico)
Ντιέντο (Diedo)
Ντονάτος (Donato)
Ξανθόπουλος (Xanthopulo)
Παλαιολόγος (Paleologo)
Παλλαδάς/Πολάδας (Pallada)
Παντουβέρης (Badoer)
Παπαδάτος (Papadato)
Παρούτας (Paruta)
Πασκαλίγος/Πασκαλίκος/Πασκουαλίγος (Pasqualigo)
Πατρινός (Patrino)
Πετρόπουλος (Petropulo)
Πετρουλής (Petruli)
Πετρούτζος/Πετρούτσος (Petruzzo)
Πρετόριος (Pretorio)
Πριάνης (Priani)
Πριόρος (Prioro)
Πριούλης (Priuli)
Πιρόπουλος/Πυρόπουλος (Pyropulo)
Ραυτόπουλος/Ραφτόπουλος (Raftopulo)
Ραψομανίκης (Rapsomanichi)
Ρεκαντζάς (Recanza)
Ρενιέρ/Ρενιέρης (Renier)
Ρεξομάντης (Rexomandi)
Ροΐδης (Roidi)
Ροματζάς (Romanza)
Ρόμας (Roma)
Ρομιόπουλος (Romiopulo)
Ρονκάλας (Roncala)
Ρόσης (Rossi)
Ρουκάνης (Rucani)
Ρουσάς/Ρούσιας (Russia)
Ρουσελάτος (Russelato)
Ρουσιανός (Russiano)
Σαντορίνης (Sandorini)
Σεμιτέκολος (Semitecolo)
Σεμπρικός (Sembrico)
Σέρρας (Serra)
Σιδέρης (Sideri)
Σιρίγος/Συρίγος (Sirigo)
Σκλαβουνάκης (Sclavunachi)
Σκληρός/Σκούρτας (Scurta/Scliro)
Σκορδύλης/Σκουρδούλης/Σκουρδούλης-Σάρτζης (Scordili)
Σκουλογένης (Sculogeni)
Σκούφος (Scufo)
Σοφιανός (Sofiano)
Σπανούδης/Φαρμάκης (Farmachi)
Σπαταφόρας (Spatafora)
Σταυράκης (Stavrachi)
Σταφέττας (Stafetta)
Στράνης (Strani)
Στρούτζας (Struza)
Τετράδης (Tetradi)
Τζορτζέτος (Zorzetto)
Φερεντίνος (Ferentino)
Φέρρο-Φλώριος (Ferro-Florio)
Φίλανδρος/Φόλανδρος (Folandro)
Φωτινός (Fotino)
Φραγγόπουλος/Φραγκόπουλος (Frangopulo)
Φράγγος/Φράγκος/Φράνκος (Frango)
Φραντζής (Franzin)
Χατζημίρης (Chadzimiri)
Χιόνης/Χυώνης/Χιώνης (Chioni)

[Foxy]

Well Barbarigo is very Venetian, if I am not wrong there was a doge with that surname, that means that it is an aristocratic Venetian surname.

Cola is also Italian. The version Di Cola is very common in Abruzzo too.

Bulgari is Italian as well, we have the famous brand Bulgari. It means "Bulgar" and probably it derives from some Bulgar immigrated here.

Veneto is a name of place, it's the region of Venice. Probably the progenitor was a Venetian colon. I know that the Jonian Isles were colonized by Venetians.

Garzoni is Italian. Garzone means a boy that helps a master in some profession, a young apprentice.

The surname Bembo is famous and it is Venetian as well. Pietro Bembo (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Bembo) was a famous Italian cardinal, writer and humanist.

Dandolo is also Venetian and there was a doge with with surname, Enrico Dandolo (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Dandolo), who led the IV Cruisade.

Querini is also Venetian and had also a famous esponent, Pietro Querin (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Querini)i, Venetian merchant and Lord of Candia (Crete).

Cavalli is Italian, we have the brand Cavalli.

Livio is pan-Italian and probably also Roman. Livio is an Italian personal name but there was also a Roman gens with that surname.

In general a good 90% of the surnames you listed, when translated, are Italian. Fotino, Farmachi and Chadzimiri don't sound Italian to me.
Chadzmiri seems the Greek version of Casimiro, that is a personal name of slavic origin.

[Queen B]

Well Barbarigo is very Venetian, if I am not wrong there was a doge with that surname, that means that it is an aristocratic Venetian surname.
Wow. My former Biology teacher (later politician) have that name. He doesn't look that aristocratic though :lol:



Bulgari is Italian as well, we have the famous brand Bulgari. It means "Bulgar" and probably it derives from some Bulgar immigrated here.

The Bulgari from the brand, is Greek :lol: The same meaning in Greek, too.



In general a good 90% of the surnames you listed, when translated, are Italian. Fotino, Farmachi and Chadzimiri don't sound Italian to me.
Chadzmiri seems the Greek version of Casimiro, that is a personal name of slavic origin.
Many of them make sense in Greek. Some do not , that's why I wondered if they exist in Italian . :)

My grandmother's maternal surname is Puliezou (Pugliezo)

[Foxy]

Pugliezou in Italian is probably pugliese, not puglieso and means "Apulian". ;)

[Pecheneg]

Top 5 surnames in my country
-Yılmaz
-Kaya
-Demir
-Çelik
-Şahin

[Peyrol]

Wow, Barbarigo and Dandolo are pure venetians and of aristocratic origins.

I didn't thought that venetian influence was so high in Ionian islands.

[Foxy]

Wow, Barbarigo and Dandolo are pure venetians and of aristocratic origins.

I didn't thought that venetian influence was so high in Ionian islands.

Morelli and Motta are also N. Italian. Well, maybe the first is more pan-Italian but the other not.

[Smaug]

Well, I wont take my chances by making a list of surnames, but here in the brazilian state of São Paulo, the most common surnames are the Venetians and Portuguese, and the latter are not only common among the Portuguese community, but also among non-whites, quite much the same way Afro-Americans have English surnames.
There is also plenty of German, Eastern-European and since the 1940's, a great ammount of Ashkenazim surnames.
Asians have also preserved their surnames, there is a huge Japanese and Korean community here.

[Peyrol]

Morelli and Motta are also N. Italian. Well, maybe the first is more pan-Italian but the other not.

Motta is very eastern lombard (Berghem, Brescia).

But these cities were under venetic rule, so many orobians are probabily migrated among all venetian territories.

[Queen B]

Pugliezou in Italian is probably pugliese, not puglieso and means "Apulian". ;)
Υeah, probably, but has the Greek -os added in the end. I think my grandmother's mother is from Sicily, so is the ending making sense?

Wow, Barbarigo and Dandolo are pure venetians and of aristocratic origins.

I didn't thought that venetian influence was so high in Ionian islands.

It was under Venetian rule for many years, PLUS (only) the marriages between high class Ionians and Venetians were encouraged.

[Foxy]

Υeah, probably, but has the Greek -os added in the end. I think my grandmother's mother is from Sicily, so is the ending making sense?


Italian words can end in -a (feminine), -o (masculine) or -e (can be masculine or feminine). So you must say "pugliese" both if it is a male or a female. You can't say "puglieso" ;) But probably, because the progenitor was a male, it was translated in a masculine form (-os).

[Piparskeggr]

Where I'm living now: Swenson, Olson, Jenson, Oberg and the like.

[Comte Arnau]

These are the most common Catalan surnames, as of 2010.

Garcia [pan-Iberian]
Torres (Torras) [the form with e is pan-Iberian]
Vila
Vidal (said to be a common name among medieval Catalan jews)
Serra
Martí
Ferrer (Farré, Ferré)
Soler (Solé)
Puig
Roca
Pujol
Font
Costa [pan-Romance]
Rovira
Sala [pan-Romance]
Pons
Sans (Sanz, Sants)
Bosch
Mas
Mora [pan-Romance]
Roig
Riera
Grau
Domenech (Domènec)
Valls
Coll
Prat
Ros
Ribes (Ribas)
Andreu
Vives (Vivas)
Codina
Esteve
Rivera
Pla
Borràs
Casals
Bonet
Carbonell
Capdevila
Badia
Figueres (Figueras)
Prats
Mateu
Garriga
Camps
Sabaté (Sabater)

[Linet]

Bulgari is Italian as well, we have the famous brand Bulgari. It means "Bulgar" and probably it derives from some Bulgar immigrated here.



Bulgari was founded to Italy by a Greek Epirotan man from Ioannina ( Σωτήρης Βούλγαρης / Soteris Bulgaris :rose: ) and so is a Greek surname...at least the spesific brands starts.... :wink

Ioannina are still famous for their jewels hand made art.... :cool:

[Vasa]

Top 15 most (in order) common surnames in my region.

1 Andersson
2 Karlsson
3 Eriksson
4 Johansson
5 Larsson
6 Pettersson
7 Gustafsson
8 Nilsson
9 Olsson
10 Jansson
11 Jonsson
12 Persson
13 Svensson
14 Carlsson
15 Gustavsson

[Linet]

all in -sson :)

[Contra Mundum]

It would be an interesting discussion;

The typical piedmonteis surnames always ends in -ero:

-Ferrero
-Boero
-Mantero
-Panero
-Accornero
-Olivero
-Cordero
-Cravero
-etc

...or in -asso:

-Pautasso
-Dalmasso
-Buriasso
-Cambiasso
-etc

...in -rino:

-Garbarino
-Pavarino
- etc


..and many are typical only of this region, very rare in other parts of North and South Italy:

-Arnaudo
-Ariaudo
-Alliaud
-Fernet (very rare)
-Genet (also this is very rare)
-Pont
-Revel
-Rinaudo
-Bauducco
-Boccardo
-Giraudo
-Einaudo
-Blanc
-Vuillermoz
-Cerise
-Enoch
-Gastaldi
-Benso
-Meitre
-Martinat
-Gay
-Pejre
-Pejrachia
-Pellissier
-Favre
-Vablais
-Savoia
-Chevron (i know only 2 people with this surname).

Famous American football player is Brett Favre. He's from Mississippi. Never knew it was an Italian name.

[Vasa]

all in -sson :)

This is top 25 most used surnames in the Nation:

1 Johansson
2 Andersson
3 Karlsson
4 Nilsson
5 Eriksson
6 Larsson
7 Olsson
8 Persson
9 Svensson
10 Gustafsson
11 Pettersson
12 Jonsson
13 Jansson
14 Hansson
15 Bengtsson
16 Jönsson
17 Petersson
18 Carlsson
19 Lindberg
20 Magnusson
21 Gustavsson
22 Lindström
23 Olofsson
24 Lindgren
25 Axelsson

The possibility that you will meet any swede with any of the listed surnames is like 1/6th Swedes. (Now i mean Swedes and not "swedes").

[Linet]

op op :blink:
here you lost some -sson... :1099: ....unforgivable :shakefist......:wink

[Contra Mundum]

Typical names from where I am from :

Atchison, Smith, Beasley, Clements, Anderson, Odom, Jones, Dearmon, Knight, Cooper, Britton, Brown, Mosely, Goldman, Davis, McLlwain, Taylor, Koen, Oates, Kennedy, Johnson, Kirkland, Scarborough.

[korkolola]

Most common surnames in Lithuania (2012 statistics)

Among males/among females
1. Kazlauskas/ Kazlauskienė
2. Jankauskas/ Jankauskienė
3. Petrauskas/Petrauskienė
4. Stankevičius/ Stankevičienė
5. Vasiliauskas/Vasiliauskienė
6. Žukauskas/Paulauskienė
7. Butkus/ Žukauskienė
8. Paulauskas/Urbonienė
9. Urbonas/ Navickienė
10. Kavaliauskas/ Kavaliauskienė

And some new developments, looking at the most common baby-surnames in Lithuania:


Most common baby-surnames in Lithuania (2012 statistics)


Among boys/Among girls
1.Petrauskas/Stankevičiūtė
2.Jankauskas/Petrauskaitė
3.Kazlauskas/Kazlauskaitė
4.Ramanauskas/Butkutė
5.Stankevičius/Jankauskaitė
6.Žukauskas/Navickaitė
7.Balčiūnas/Pociūtė
8.Vasiliauskas/Rimkutė
9.Urbonas/Ramanauskaitė
10.Pocius/Balčiūnaitė

[Peyrol]

Famous American football player is Brett Favre. He's from Mississippi. Never knew it was an Italian name.

It's pan-alpine, specifically arpitan or franco-provenzal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_language)...you can find this surname both in the piemonteis (italian) and french side of the Alps.

[Contra Mundum]

It's pan-alpine, specifically arpitan or franco-provenzal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_language)...you can find this surname both in the piemonteis (italian) and french side of the Alps.

Makes sense, the French part. The southern part of Mississippi was originally settled by the French.

[askra]

most common surnames in Sardinia:

1. Sanna
2. Piras
3. Pinna
4. Serra
5. Melis
6. Carta
7. Manca
8. Meloni
9. Mura
10. Lai/Lay
11. Murgia
12. Porcu
13. Cossu
14. Usai
15. Loi/Loy
16. Marras
17. Floris
18. Deiana
19. Cocco
20. Fadda

[Peyrol]

Makes sense, the French part. The southern part of Mississippi was originally settled by the French.

My region was for centuries in the occitan/arpitan/french influences...and for many times also under french state. You can see in the culture, language, architecture, etc.
Some quebecois and new orleaner cajuns, for examples, are/were orginaries of this piemonteis valley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susa_Valley).

[Peyrol]

Favre is typical piemonteis/valle d'aoute arpitan (franco-provenzal) rather than "french" arpitan, anyway

http://www.dicriscito.it/onomastica/cognomi/arch-f/img/traccia-storica-favre.jpg

[Piparskeggr]

Makes sense, the French part. The southern part of Mississippi was originally settled by the French.

From my family research, I'd take the considered opinion that Favre is from the same root as the French family name Le Febvre ... someone who had a blacksmith as an ancestor.

[MarkyMark]

Garcia and Martinez. Lol at San Diego.

[Balmung]

http://flowingdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Surnames-map.jpg

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/02/geography/usa-surnames-interactive

^ This pretty much nails it.

but christ, i didn't see my surname or my mother's maiden name anywhere on that list. We must have 2 of most uncommon english surnames in America.

[Leadchucker]

Hand Ludlam Johnson Hughes Bacon Corson Eldridge Foster
Gallagher Peterson Shaw Scull Steelman Smith Tomlin Swain
Townsend Whitaker Willets Hess Riggins Leaming Leeds

[Peyrol]

From my family research, I'd take the considered opinion that Favre is from the same root as the French family name Le Febvre ... someone who had a blacksmith as an ancestor.

It is. The alpine version of "Smith".:p

[Sikeliot]

What I find interesting is the parallel between relatively common surnames in different languages.

de la Cruz, a Spanish surname, has the equivalent in French, LaCroix.
Torres, also Spanish, is Towers in English.
The Portuguese surname Pontes, exists as Bridges in English.

etc.

[Contra Mundum]

^ This pretty much nails it.

but christ, i didn't see my surname or my mother's maiden name anywhere on that list. We must have 2 of most uncommon english surnames in America.


That map illustrates the dominant numbers of those of English descent in America.

[Tel Errant]

Favre is typical piemonteis/valle d'aoute arpitan (franco-provenzal) rather than "french" arpitan, anyway

Well, there are around 10000 peoples with this name in France, 7500 in Switzerland, and a bit more than 200 in Italy...

[ricko0812]

it looks like smith,campbell,white,jones,taylor,and johnson are the most common names in my area

[Gospodine]

For Serbs: Petrović (Son of Peter) or Jovanović (Son of Jovan; "John"/"Johann")

For Bosnians: Hodžić (Son of the Lord; from Persian "Khoja") or Hadžić (Son of a Hajji; a Hajji is someone who has completed the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca)

For Croats: Horvat (archaic form of "Hrvat" = Croat) or Babić (Son of the Old Lady)

Surnames common to all three countries: Kovačević (Son of the Blacksmith), Vlašić (Son of the Vlah/Vlach), Čolić (Son of the Lame/Onehanded; from Turkish "Kol" meaning hand)

[Comte Arnau]

What I find interesting is the parallel between relatively common surnames in different languages.

de la Cruz, a Spanish surname, has the equivalent in French, LaCroix.
Torres, also Spanish, is Towers in English.
The Portuguese surname Pontes, exists as Bridges in English.

etc.


De la Cruz would be Delacroix, like the painter. ;)


This would be the most common English combo in other languages:


English: John Smith
German: Hans Schmidt
Dutch: Jan Smit
Spanish: Juan Herrera
Portuguese: João Ferreira
French: Jean Lefèvre
Italian: Giovanni Fabbri
Catalan: Joan Ferrer
Romanian: Ioan Feraru
Russian: Ivan Kuznetsov
Ukrainian: Ivan Koval(enko)
Polish: Jan Kowal(ski)
Hungarian: János Kovács
Basque: Jon Arotza
Irish: Sean MacGabhann (McGowan)
Arabic: Yahya Haddad


^ Cool to see how many of those combos are also quite common.

I'm anglifying now a few more Iberians, just for fun: :)


Sara Carbonero => Sarah Collier
Antonio Banderas => Anthony Banner
Elena Anaya => Helen Brothers
Teresa Salgueiro => Theresa Willows
Barça team:
Tito Vilanova => Frank Newton
Carles Puyol => Charles Hillock
Gerard Piqué => Gerald Quarry
Cesc Fàbregas => Frank Forges

(Notice I anglified them with real English surnames, not just modern literal translations ;))

[Lelya]

According to 2006 statistics, 20 most common surnames in Russia are:
Smirnov
Ivanov
Kuznetsov
Popov
Sokolov
Lebedev
Kozlov
Novikov
Morozov
Petrov
Volkov
Solovyov
Vasilyev
Zaytsev
Pavlov
Semyonov
Golubev
Vinogradov
Bogdanov
Vorobyov

And don't forget to add -a ending for females:cool:

[Behemot]

For Serbs: Petrović (Son of Peter) or Jovanović (Son of Jovan; "John"/"Johann")

For Bosnians: Hodžić (Son of the Lord; from Persian "Khoja") or Hadžić (Son of a Hajji; a Hajji is someone who has completed the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca)

For Croats: Horvat (archaic form of "Hrvat" = Croat) or Babić (Son of the Old Lady)

Surnames common to all three countries: Kovačević (Son of the Blacksmith), Vlašić (Son of the Vlah/Vlach), Čolić (Son of the Lame/Onehanded; from Turkish "Kol" meaning hand)

I would divide BCSM surnames in 2 gropus: ones that end on "IĆ" ,and other rebels :D :D

[Peyrol]

Well, there are around 10000 peoples with this name in France, 7500 in Switzerland, and a bit more than 200 in Italy...

http://www.dicriscito.it/onomastica/cognomi/arch-f/img/traccia-storica-favre.jpg

[Davy Jones's Locker]

Approximate region...

http://www.touristnetuk.com/wm/herefordshire/images/map.gif

Surnames I recall from high school -> Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bennett, Brown, Carter, Clarke, Collins, Davies, Edwards, Ellis, Foster, Gray, Griffiths, Harris, Hartley, James, Johnson, Jones, Martin, Miller, Morgan, Palmer, Powell, Robinson, Rogers, Simpson, Smith, Stevens, Taylor, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson, Wright.




That map illustrates the dominant numbers of those of English descent in America.

Didn't many immigrants from the continent 'anglicise' their surnames?

[ricko0812]

[QUOTE=Davy Jones's Locker;1031809]Approximate region...

http://www.touristnetuk.com/wm/herefordshire/images/map.gif

Surnames I recall from high school -> Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bennett, Brown, Carter, Clarke, Collins, Davies, Edwards, Ellis, Foster, Gray, Griffiths, Harris, Hartley, James, Johnson, Jones, Martin, Miller, Morgan, Palmer, Powell, Robinson, Rogers, Simpson, Smith, Stevens, Taylor, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson, Wright.


Those surnames are very common in my area. Especially Taylor,Williams and Simpson and my best friend's surname is Miller.

[Jack B]

This is from 1852 data of my area but it still seems relevant:

Byrne
Nolan
Murphy
Doyle
Brennan
Lawler
McDonnell
Kelly
Farrell

[Bobcat Fraser]

This is from 1852 data of my area but it still seems relevant:
Doyle
Brennan
McDonnell

That's interesting. Those names are in my family tree.

[Bobcat Fraser]

I went to a high school near a site that drew in people from across the country and around the world. Still, certain ethnicities were represented more than others. There were few Black students, though.

High School Surname List:
Brown
Schmidt
Davis
Muller
McDonald
O'Brien
Anderson
Gonzalez
Chang
Singh

[Graham]

Top 10 in County. WEST LOTHIAN


Smith
Brown
Robertson
Wilson
Anderson
Stewart
Thomson
Campbell
Walker
Scott

Although there is so much variotion. So the top 10 isn't so common.

[ricko0812]

hey graham,

Is Ramsey a common Scottish surname?

[Contra Mundum]

I wanted to add the surname "Loper". The area I lived was originally settled by the French and Spanish and I had wondered what happened to them. Not sure if they left or changed to Anglo sounding names. One day a teacher of mine was discussing his heritage, and explained that the spelling of Lopez was changed to Loper by his great great great grandfather. There are a few Lopers who still live there.

[Graham]

hey graham,

Is Ramsey a common Scottish surname?

I know a few Ramsays/Ramseys. So it's not Uncommon in my part. :)

We also have that arse Gordon Ramsay. :p

[Kazimiera]

Botha, Janse van Rensburg, Claassen, Jacobs, Abrahams, van der Merwe, Venter, Willemse, de Villiers, Petersen, Steyn, du Plessis, Theron, de Lange,, Muller, Vermeulen, Steenkamp, Smit, Burger, Louw , du Preez, Cilliers

Januarie, Februarie, Maart, April, Mei, Julies, August , September, October, November, December

(As June is in mid-winter I suppose the slave trade had a quiet month)

What also seems quite fashionable is to give the mother's maiden name as a first name. If mom's maiden name is "de Villiers" and the father's surname is Steenkamp then the poor kid is named De Villiers Steenkamp. Go figure.

[Gromosław]

http://www.mmsilesia.pl/rep/blog/6/724.4.jpg

Data from 2009:

http://www.fakt.pl/m/Repozytorium.Obiekt.aspx/-580/-500/faktonline/633843097985115209.jpg

[Mikula]

List of the most common surnames in Europe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_surnames_in_Europe)

[Damião de Góis]

List of the most common surnames in Europe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_surnames_in_Europe)

Very dubious list for Portugal, i wonder who edit it and where were they from?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_surnames_in_Europe#Portuga l

"Alvarez" is obvisouly not a common portuguese surname. "Alvares" is very rare. "Araújo" is badly written. "Gouveia" and "Pena" are not that common....

Here is the real list:

http://www.bbg.pt/sites_off/SPIE_01/PDFs/100_apelidos.pdf

Top 5 are: Silva, Santos, Ferreira, Pereira, Costa.

[Vojnik]

Petrovski
Petrevski
Naumovski
Nikolovski
Trajkovski

The most common surname endings in Macedonia are usually 'evski' or 'ovski' ending. Prior to ww2, 'ski' endings were uncommon, with 'ov' and 'ev' being predominant. It was a tactic used by the communists in order to separate us from Bulgarians.

[Comte Arnau]

Map with the most common Catalan surnames by territory.

http://oi43.tinypic.com/r0vak6.jpg

[littlestar]

Most common surnames in albania ( bolded ones are of those i'm aware people have)
1. Hoxha
2. Shehu
3. Prifti
4. Çela
5. Leka
6. Dervishi
7. Hysi
8. Rama
9. Dibra
10. Abazi
11. Sinani
12. Gjika
13. Kola
14. Kraja
15. Luka
16. Duka
17. Gjoka
18. Murati
19. Kristi
20. Mulo
21. Muço
22. Andoni
23. Hasani
24. Koçi
25. Frashëri
26. Ruçi
27. Zeneli
28. Papa
29. Spahiu
30. Balla
31. Bushati
32. Gjoni
33. Brahimi
34. Kanani
35. Alikaj
36. Arapi
37. Çaushi
38. Halili
39. Thanasi
40. Xhafa
41. Aliaj
42. Basha
43. Mezini
44. Sula
45. Agolli
46. Gjata
47. Haxhiu
48. Jaho
49. Kodra
50. Lako
51. Mehmeti
52. Niko
53. Osmani
54. Pano
55. Bardhi
56. Cani
57. Deda
58. Demiri
59. Hasa
60. Kasa
61. Mema
62. Myftiu
63. Peçi
64. Shtylla
65. Toska
66. Treska
67. Ymeri
68. Zaimi
69. Bezhani
70. Dedja
71. Duro
72. Kamberi
73. Kote
74. Laçi
75. Laze
76. Malaj
77. Marku
78. Hana
79. Shyti
80. Skënderi
81. Berberi
82. Dede
83. Elezi
84. Gjergji
85. Jaupi
86. Koka
87. Kondi
88. Luarasi
89. Vata
90. Meçe
91. Nikolla
92. Rexha
93. Saraçi
94. Xhani
95. Dangëllia
96. Shalsi
97. Madhi
98. Begu
99. Myslimi
100. Kaleshi

[Peyrol]

80% of catalan surnames have piemontese equivalents.

[Sikeliot]

For Sicily? I can't find an actual list but from my experience and just guessing:

Messina, Russo, Greco, Vella, La Rosa, Caruso, Arena, D'Anna, Catania, Rizzo, Sottile, Farace/Faraci, Amato, De Luca. If there was an actual list it'd probably be pretty close to that, I think.

Obviously other than that, you have surnames that are typical to the east (Annino, Platania, Caristi, Lipari, Ruggeri, etc.) and then surnames typical to the west (Buscemi, Butera, Camilleri, Spiteri, Anzalone, Falzone, Farruggia, etc.) that are rarely found in the opposite area.

[MelinusMargos]

Some common surnames from eastern lombardy are:
- Rota
- Brembilla
- Brambilla
- Ravasio
- Ghilardi
- Ghilardelli
- Ghisleri
- Ghislandi
- Marchesi
- Nozza
- Salvetti
- Gotti
- Alborghetti
- Giavazzi
- etc...

[Peyrol]

Some common surnames from eastern lombardy are:
- Rota
- Brembilla
- Brambilla
- Ravasio
- Ghilardi
- Ghilardelli
- Ghisleri
- Ghislandi
- Marchesi
- Nozza
- Salvetti
- Gotti
- Alborghetti
- Giavazzi
- etc...

Beltrami
Bosetti
Boselli
Ravelli
Facchetti
Facchinetti....

....stereotypically de Berghem

[Kratos]

In Alsace:

Meyer
Muller
Lutz
Schneider
Schmidt
Fischer
Weber
Keller
Becker
Metzger
Zimmermann
Kieffer
Hoffmann
Walter
Fritsch
Hartmann
Klein

[Celxon]

2004:
Brown
Schmidt
Murphy
Wilson

2014:
Lopez
Sanchez
Gonzalez
Rodriguez

It's part of the "browning" of America. You see more Chinese and Muslims these days too.

[Foxy]

In Abruzzo very typical surnames are Latin surnames, like De Laurentiis, De Santiis, De Lutiis, and patronimics like i Nardo, Di Vincenzo, Di Marco... Also Nicolai is very typical.