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: Adrara San Rocco | Oneta | Barbata | Azzone | Camerata Cornello
Province of Brescia: Sellero | San Gervasio Bresciano | Saviore dell'Adamello | Vallio Terme | Villachiara
Province of Como: Brienno | Pigra | Lasnigo | Cavargna | Bene Lario
Province of Cremona: Fiesco | Salvirola | Azzanello | Crotta d'Adda | Pessina Cremonese
Province of Lecco: Cortenova | Esino Lario | Ello | Margno | Dorio
Province of Lodi: Ossago Lodigiano | Marudo | Merlino | Bertonico | Boffalora d'Adda
Province of Mantova: Serravalle a Po | Felonica | Carbonara di Po | Casalromano | Quingentole
Province of Milano: Cassinetta di Lugagnano | Grezzago | Vernate
Province of Monza and Brianza: Roncello | Ronco Briantino | Aicurzio | Camparada | Correzzana
Province of Pavia: Albaredo Arnaboldi | Ceretto Lomellina | Galliavola | Oliva Gessi | Valeggio
Province of Sondrio: Castello dell'Acqua | Mantello | Forcola | Mello | Cercino
Province of Varese: Lozza | Galliate Lombardo | Rancio Valcuvia | Inarzo | Cremenaga

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