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 borders have changed several times over the centuries and belonged to other European countries so surnames were “grandfathered’ in.
\nSome examples of such surnames and the regions they can found in are:
\nAnzil – Fruili-Venezia Giulia<\/p>\n

Bionaz – Valle d’Aosta<\/p>\n

Conchin – Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piemonte<\/p>\n

De Pellegrin – Fruili-Venezia Giulia<\/p>\n

De Sanctis – Abruzzo, Lazio, Lombardy<\/p>\n

Orbel – Piemonte<\/p>\n

Perin – Veneto, Lombardy<\/p>\n

Rigonat – Fruili-Venezia Giulia<\/p>\n

Schiff – Fruili-Venezia Giulia
\nOther surname endings found in Northern regions include:
\nSuffix<\/p>\n

Region<\/p>\n

Example<\/p>\n

– otti\/utti<\/p>\n

Fruili, Lombardy<\/p>\n

Pascutti<\/p>\n

– otti\/utti<\/p>\n

Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, Trentino<\/p>\n

Bortolotti<\/p>\n

-aci\/ecci\/ucci<\/p>\n

Tuscany<\/p>\n

Ghelarducci<\/p>\n

-ai<\/p>\n

Lombardy, Tuscany<\/p>\n

Mungai<\/p>\n

-u, -as and -is<\/p>\n

Sardinia<\/p>\n

Piccinnu, Marras,<\/p>\n

Floris, Melis
\n**Sources**
\n1. Italian Surname Database – accessed 6 Jul 2013
\n2. Gens-Italia – accessed 6 Jul 2013
\n3. Webpages by Stephen P. Morse , San Francisco – accessed 6 July 2013
\n4. Wikipedia – accessed 6 Jul 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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