Surnames in Lombardia, Italy

The lists of surnames were derived from the white pages of the 1990's for the recent lists, and from sources as indexes of births, "numerazioni", catasti onciari, parish records for previous centuries. Lombardy is the most populous Italian region, with over 10 million inhabitants - one sixth of the whole Italian population (a little over 60 million in 2019).

Surnames in the Provinces of Lombardy

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").

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.

Updates

Province of Bergamo: Fornovo San Giovanni | Albino | Adrara San Rocco | Oneta
Province of Brescia: Sellero | San Gervasio Bresciano | Saviore dell'Adamello | Vallio Terme
Province of Como: Brienno | Pigra | Lasnigo | Cavargna
Province of Cremona: Fiesco | Salvirola | Azzanello | Crotta d'Adda
Province of Lecco: Cortenova | Esino Lario | Ello | Margno
Province of Lodi: Ossago Lodigiano | Marudo | Merlino | Bertonico
Province of Mantova: San Benedetto Po | Serravalle a Po | Felonica
Province of Milano: Cassinetta di Lugagnano | Grezzago | Vernate
Province of Monza and Brianza: Roncello | Ronco Briantino | Aicurzio
Province of Pavia: Albaredo Arnaboldi | Ceretto Lomellina | Galliavola
Province of Sondrio: Castello dell'Acqua | Mantello | Forcola
Province of Varese: Lozza | Galliate Lombardo | Rancio Valcuvia

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