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).
Surnames of Places in the Province in the 1990s
Abriola | Albano di Lucania | Anzi | Armento | Balvano | Banzi | Brindisi Montagna | Calvello | Calvera | Campomaggiore | Cancellera | Carbone | Castelgrande | Castelluccio Superiore | Castelmezzano | Castelsaraceno | Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea | Cersosimo | Chiaromonte | Episcopia | Fardella | Gallicchio | Ginestra | Grumento Nova | Guardia Perticara | Maschito | Missanello | Moliterno | Montemilone | Montemurro | Nemoli | Noepoli | Oppido Lucano | Palazzo San Gervasio | Paterno | Pescopagano | Picerno | Pietragalla | Pietrapertosa | Pignola | Rapolla | Rapone | Ripacandida | Rivello | Roccanova | Rotonda | Ruvo del Monte | San Chirico Nuovo | San Chirico Raparo | San Mauro Forte | San Severino Lucano | Sant'Angelo le Fratte | Satriano di Lucania | Savoia di Lucania
Spinoso | Terranova di Pollino | Trecchina | Vaglio Basilicata
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Surnames Divided by Region
Abruzzo | Basilicata | Calabria | Campania | Emilia-Romagna | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Lazio | Liguria | Lombardia | Marche | Molise | Piemonte | Puglia | Sardegna | Sicilia | Toscana | Trentino-Alto Adige | Umbria | Valle d'Aosta | Veneto
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