Did you know you can tell a lot about an Italian Surnames origin by it’s ending? Or that generally speaking surnames in Southern regions of Italy end in vowels but as one moves North many surnames will end in consonants? This can possibility be attributed to the fact that Northern Italy
\nborders have changed several times over the centuries and belonged to
\nother European countries so surnames were “grandfathered’ in.<\/p>\n
Some examples of such surnames and the regions they can found in are:<\/p>\n
Anzil – Fruili-Venezia Giulia
\nBionaz – Valle d’Aosta
\nConchin – Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piemonte
\nDe Pellegrin – Fruili-Venezia Giulia
\nDe Sanctis – Abruzzo, Lazio, Lombardy
\nOrbel – Piemonte
\nPerin – Veneto, Lombardy
\nRigonat – Fruili-Venezia Giulia
\nSchiff – Fruili-Venezia Giulia<\/p>\n
Other surname endings found in Northern regions include:<\/p>\n
| Suffix<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Region<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Example<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| – otti\/utti <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Fruili, Lombardy <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Pascutti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| – otti\/utti <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, Trentino<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Bortolotti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| -aci\/ecci\/ucci <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Tuscany <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Ghelarducci<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| -ai <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Lombardy, Tuscany<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Mungai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| -u, -as and -is\n<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Sardinia<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Piccinnu, Marras, \nFloris, Melis <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n**Sources**<\/p>\n 1. Italian Surname Database<\/a> – accessed 6 Jul 2013<\/p>\n 2. Gens-Italia<\/a> – accessed 6 Jul 2013<\/p>\n 3. Webpages by Stephen P. Morse<\/a>, San Francisco – accessed 6 July 2013<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n |