Surnames in the Province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
The surnames have been derived from the white pages of the 1990's for the recent lists, and from sources as indexes of births, "numerazioni" and catasti for previous centuries.
Common Surnames
The most common surnames in the province of Potenza, in the online phone directory of 2020 [numbers in brackets refer to people, not businesses or institutions], are: Pace (244), Telesca (181), Santarsiero (173), Colangelo (171), Mecca (168), Russo (162), Sabia (160), Coviello (147), Santoro (130), Romaniello (129).
Places with Lists of Surnames from the 1990s
- Albano di Lucania
- Armento
- Balvano
- Banzi
- Brindisi Montagna
- Calvera
- Campomaggiore
- Cancellera
- Carbone
- Castelgrande
- Castelluccio Superiore
- Castelmezzano
- Castelsaraceno
- Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea
- Cersosimo
- Episcopia
- Fardella
- Gallicchio
- Ginestra
- Grumento Nova
- Guardia Perticara
- Maschito
- Missanello
- Moliterno
- Montemilone
- Montemurro
- Nemoli
- Noepoli
- Oppido Lucano
- Paterno
- Pescopagano
- Pietrapertosa
- Rapolla
- Rapone
- Ripacandida
- Rivello
- Roccanova
- Rotonda
- Savoia di Lucania
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