Surnames in the Province of Messina, 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: Cammaroto, Centorrino, Galipò, Giorgianni, Gugliandolo, Impalà, Mandanici, Mangraviti, Oriti, Pandolfino. Over 500 different surnames, moreover, were clearly identified as of Greek origin.
Common Surnames
The most common surnames in the province of Messina, in the phone directory of 2020 [numbers in brackets refer to people, not businesses or institutions], are: Russo (597), Rizzo (401), Arena (358), Costa (358), Parisi (356), Foti (316), Torre (299), Lombardo (296), Messina (280), Ruggeri (274), Fazio (272), Pino (260), Puglisi (260), Giorgianni (256), Crisafulli (256), Cucinotta (252), Donato (252), Mangano (236), Spadaro (226), La Rosa (211). The five most common surnames in the Comune of Messina are Arena, Russo, Costa, Cucinotta and Donato.
Surnames of Places in the Province in the 1990s
Acquedolci | Alcara li Fusi | Alì | Alì Terme | Antillo | Basico | Brolo | Capizzi | Capri Leone | Caronia | Casalvecchio Siculo | Castel di Lucio | Castell'Umberto | Castelmola | Castroreale | Cesarò | Condrò | Falcone | Ficarra | Fiumedinisi | Floresta | Fondachelli Fantina | Forza d'Agrò | Francavilla di Sicilia | Frazzano | Furci Siculo | Furnari | Gaggi | Galati Mamertino | Gallodoro | Graniti
Gualtieri Sicaminò | Itala | Leni | Letojanni | Librizzi | Longi | Liminà
Malfa | Malvagna | Mandanici
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea | Meri | Militello Rosmarino | Mirto | Mojo Alcantara | Monforte San Giorgio | Mongiuffi Melia | Montagnareale | Montalbano Elicona | Motta Camastra | Motta d'Affermo | Naso | Nizza di Sicilia | Novara di Sicilia | Oliveri | Pagliara | Pettineo | Piraino | Raccuia | Reitano | Roccafiorita | Roccalumera | Roccavaldina | Roccella Valdemone | Rodì Milici | San Fratello | San Marco d'Alunzio | San Pier Niceto | San Piero Patti | San Salvatore di Fitalia | San Teodoro | Santa Domenica Vittoria | Santa Lucia del Mela | Santa Marina Salina | Sant'Alessio Siculo | Sant'Angelo di Brolo | Santo Stefano di Camastra | Saponara | Savoca | Scaletta Zanclea | Sinagra | Spadafora | Torrenova | Tripi | Tusa | Ucria | Valdina
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