Surnames in Piemonte, Italy

Surnames in the Provinces of Piemonte
Alessandria
- Updates: Monleale | Molino dei Torti | Odalengo Grande | Grognardo | Montacuto | Avolasca | Rocchetta Ligure | Carrega Ligure | Montaldeo | Odalengo Piccolo | Solonghello | Treville
Asti
- Updates: Berzano di San Pietro | Celle Enomondo | Azzano d'Asti | Cessole | Roatto | Viale | Capriglio | Castellero
Biella
- Updates: Borriana | Cerreto Castello | Mezzana Mortigliengo | Sala Biellese | Roppolo | Veglio | Muzzano | Miagliano | Curino
Cuneo
- Updates: Casteldelfino | Argentera | Acceglio | Rocchetta Belbo | Roaschia | Monasterolo Casotto | Rocca Cigliè
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Torino
- Updates: Osasio | Barone Canavese | Pratiglione | Salerano Canavese | Borgiallo | Brozolo | Levone | Montaldo Torinese | Brosso
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
- Updates: Vanzone con San Carlo | Miazzina | Madonna del Sasso |Bognanco | Ceppo Morelli
Vercelli
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Common Surnames
- over 9000: Ferrero;
- between 5000 and 8999: Bruno, Ferrari, Gallo, Giordano, Rosso, Rossi
- between 2900 and 4999: Barberis, Barbero, Bianco, Cerutti, Colombo, Costa, Ferraris, Grosso, Marino, Musso, Negro, Russo, Serra
Origin of Surnames
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The most common surnames in Piemonte are can be classified in three categories: surnames common all over Italy, autochthonous of the North-Western area of Italy, and those of immigrants from Southern Italy.
- Among the typical, traditional surnames of the region are: Barale, Dalmasso, Dutto, Giraudo; also, some typical patronymic surnames have German suffixes as "-aldo/i" - Gastaldo, Giribaldi, Grimaldi, Rinaldi - and "-audo/i": Arnaudo, Baudino, Einaudi, Giraudo, Rinaudo.
- Surnames derived from nicknames are common, especially in the singular form: Bruno, Gamba, Grosso, Grasso, Leone, Negro, Ricci, Testa.
- Also common are surnames derived from names of animals - possibly connected to some physical or behavioural feature of an ancestor: Bo (from bove= ox), Bracco (= hound), Capra (=goat), Cavallo (=horse), Fasano (=pheasant), Gallo (=rooster), Grillo (= cricket), Lupo (= wolf), Merlo (=blackbird), Mosca (=fly), Pesce (= fish), Quaglia (= quail), Volpe (= fox).
- Other surnames are derived from plants and were possibly connected to a place or some feature: Bosco (= forest), Fiore (= flower), Fenoglio (= fennel), Prato (= meadow).
- In Piemonte surnames derived from professions typically take the suffix "-ero" instead of "-aro" or "-aio" as in other areas of Italy; the most common are Ferrero and derivatives as Ferraris, Ferraro, Ferreri, Ferri, Ferro, from the blacksmith's craft; also Barbero (= barber), Beccaria (= butcher), Boero (= cowman), Bottero (= wine-barrel maker, cooper), Cavallero (= horse breeder or dealer), Cravero (= goatsman), Cordero (= rope maker), Olivero (= olive farmer), Panero (= baker).