What are common Arbereshe surnames?

[Sikeliot]

The only one I know is Paxhia, which is found amongst Sicilian Arbereshe. It can't be too Italianized other it wouldn't have an "x" in it.

What are other Arbereshe surnames? Do they typically look/sound like Albanian, or are they Italianized?

[Don Arb]

I know some of their surnames that I've learned in school, mostly writers, like Zef SEREMBE, Jul VARIBOBA, Jeronim DE RADA, Enxa SKUTARI, Gavril DARA I think they are probably albanians while others have typical italian surnames.

[ChocolateFace]

I found this on wikipedia

Every Arbëresh person is given a legal Italian name and also a name in Arbërisht. Quite often the Arbëresh name is merely a translation of the Italian name. Arbëresh surnames are also used amongst villagers but do not carry any legal weight; the Arbëresh surname is called an "ofiqe" in Arbërisht. Some Arberesh 'ofiqe' are 'Butijuni', 'Pafundi' (literally 'without anus', probably with the meaning of 'without end, infinite'), 'Skarpari' (shoemaker from Italian word 'scarpa'), 'Mutjari' etc.
Examples of Italian names and their Arbëresh equivalents:




Italian- Arbëresh
Giuseppe- Zef
Marco- Marku
Luca- Lekë
Gabriele- Bjelli
Francesco- Nxhiku
Nicola -Koll
Angela -Nxholliqe
Alessandro - Lishëndri
Mario -Marjucë
Maria -Marieja
Gaetano -Tani
Eleuterio -Lëfteri
Antonio -Ndon
Gaspare -Ghaspani
Domenica -Mima
Lorenzo -Lloreu
Giovanni -Janj, Xhuan
Demetrio -Mitri
Spiridione -Dhoni
Rosalia -Sallja
Tommaso -Masinë
Cosimo -Gësmëni
Saverio -Shaverë
Andrea -Ndrica