Thanks for your comment. Do seem to have done an amazing job on researching your surname thus far. I’m not sure about the -etti connection being linked to a more southern origin although it is a more common ending used to describe a characteristic [ie: small, little or young]. There may have been a member of the family who wondered into a community and the ending stuck. Then again there is also a possibly the name was recorded as such during an event or series of events [birth of children]. Dialects were many so before Italian was accepted as the official language there were so many variations in spellings of both first and family names. Lastly there is always the possibility that the surname was adopted by the family themselves in an attempt to fit into a particular community or to differentiate themselves from others when the family grew too large. This is by no means a complete explanation but rather a series of possibilities that could be explored further by yourself in order to find your answers. Hope this helps!
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