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Pages in category "Italian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,344 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Italian-language surnames (3 C, 4,329 P) P. Surnames of Piedmontese origin (2 P) S. Surnames of Sardinian origin (1 P) T. Italian toponymic surnames (82 P)
Pages in category "Italian patronymic surnames" The following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A large number of Italian surnames end in i due to the medieval Italian habit of identifying families by the name of the ancestors in the plural (which has an -i suffix in Italian). For instance, Filippo from the Ormanno family (gli Ormanni) would be called "Filippo degli Ormanni" ("Filippo of the Ormannos"). In time, the middle possessive ...
-ell (English spelling for French -el, diminutive) [citation needed]-el (Northern French and Occitan, French -eau) [citation needed]-ema (Suffix of Frisian origin, given by Napoleon Bonaparte who used suffixes like these to keep a record of people's origins within the Netherlands) [citation needed]-ems [citation needed]
Italian-language surnames (3 C, 4,337 P) J. Japanese-language surnames (1 C, 2,986 P) K. Kannada-language surnames (2 P) Kapampangan-language surnames (4 P)
The top ten surnames cover about 20% of the population, with important geographical differences. The regional distribution of surnames within Spain was homogenized mostly through internal migrations, especially since 1950. Names typical of the old crown of Castile have become the most common all over the country.
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