Surnames in the Province of Catania, Sicily
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.
Typical Surnames of the Province
In alphabetical order: Borzì, Laudani, Licciardello, Mazzaglia, Pulvirenti, Rapisarda, Santonocito, Sorbello, Tomarchio, Torrisi
Common Surnames
The most common surnames in the province of Catania, in the phone directory of 2020 [numbers in brackets refer to people, not businesses or institutions], are: Russo (1045), Grasso (1006), Pappalardo (706), Messina (689), Caruso (658), Rapisarda (631), Giuffrida (625), Privitera (600), Torrisi (570), Di Mauro (525), Puglisi (523), Cavallaro (513), Barbagallo (495), Pulvirenti (491), Leonardi (467), Finocchiaro (454), Maugeri (448), Musumeci (443), Coco (423), Trovato (386), Nicolosi (368), Faro (231).
Surnames of Places in the Province in the 1990s
Aci Bonaccorsi | Calatabiano | Camporotondo Etneoi | Castel di Iudica | Castiglione di Sicilia | Fiumefreddo di Sicilia | Licodia Eubea | Linguaglossa | Maletto | Maniace | Mascali | Mazzarrone | Militello in Val di Catania | Milo | Mineo | Mirabella Imbaccari | Pedara | Piedimonte Etneo | Raddusa | Ragalna | Ramacca | Randazzo | San Cono | San Gregorio di Catania | San Michele di Ganzaria | San Pietro Clarenza | Sant'Alfio | Santa Maria di Licodia | Santa Venerina | Trecastagni | Valverde | Viagrande | Vizzini
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