Surnames in Lombardia, Italy

Surnames in the Provinces of Lombardia
Bergamo
- Updates: Adrara San Rocco | Oneta | Barbata | Azzone | Camerata Cornello
Brescia
- Updates: Sellero | San Gervasio Bresciano | Saviore dell'Adamello | Vallio Terme | Villachiara
Como
- Updates: Brienno | Pigra | Lasnigo | Cavargna | Bene Lario
Follow ItalyHeritage on Facebook
Sections on Italian Genealogy
Family History
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
Info on Italian Regions

Abruzzo | Basilicata | Calabria | Campania | Emilia-Romagna | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Latium | Liguria | Lombardy | Marche | Molise | Piedmont | Puglia | Sardinia | Sicily | Tuscany | Trentino-Alto Adige | Umbria | Valle d'Aosta | Veneto
Cremona
- Updates: Fiesco | Salvirola | Azzanello | Crotta d'Adda | Pessina Cremonese
Lecco
- Updates: Cortenova | Esino Lario | Ello | Margno | Dorio
Lodi
- Updates: Ossago Lodigiano | Marudo | Merlino | Bertonico | Boffalora d'Adda
Mantova
- Updates: Serravalle a Po | Felonica | Carbonara di Po | Casalromano | Quingentole
Milano
- Updates: Cassinetta di Lugagnano | Grezzago | Vernate
Monza and Brianza
- Updates: Roncello | Ronco Briantino | Aicurzio | Camparada | Correzzana
Pavia
- Updates: Albaredo Arnaboldi | Ceretto Lomellina | Galliavola | Oliva Gessi | Valeggio
Sondrio
- Updates: Castello dell'Acqua | Mantello | Forcola | Mello | Cercino
Varese
- Updates: Lozza | Galliate Lombardo | Rancio Valcuvia | Inarzo | Cremenaga
Common Surnames
For over a century, Lombardy has been a destination for immigrants from the South, which explains the presence of typical southern Italian surnames.
- Over 45,000: Colombo.
- Between 15,000 and 30,000: Bianchi, Brambilla, Cattaneo, Ferrari, Rossi, Sala, Villa.
- Between 8,800 and 14999: Barbieri, Beretta, Fumagalli, Ferrario, Galli, Gatti, Locatelli, Mariani, Pagani, Pozzi, Riva, Rota.
Typical Surnames
- In Lombardy a very common surname is Colombo (= male dove), derived for most of cases from the Pia Casa degli Esposti in Milan, whose symbol was a dove.
- Other common surnames are connected to well-known points in villages and towns, as a church, castle, road or well, and this is the origin of Castelli, Villa, Chiesa, Pozzi, Fontana.
- Surnames related to trades or titles such as Ferrari, Barbieri, Giudici, Baroni are also widespread.
- Unlike other parts of Italy, family names descended from nicknames such as Bianchi, Rossi, Galli, Corti, are not so common. Typical of the region is Fumagalli (= chicken thief").