Surnames in Trentino-Alto Adige, 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.

Surnames in the Provinces of Trentino-Alto Adige

Bolzano | Trento

Origin of Surnames

The isolation among the mountains and the political separation limited the diffusion of surnames from other areas of Italy, and there are a number of surnames typical of the Province. A great number of surnames are Austrian, since until 1918 the province of Bolzano was part of Austria-Hungary.

Common Surnames

Over 500: Ferrari, Bertoldi, Sartori
Between 300 and 400: Bertolini, Bortolotti, Boscardin, Comaschi, Dossi, Facchinelli, Lorenzi, Mair, Manzelli, Raffaelli, Rizzi, Sartori, Tomasi
Between 200 and 300: Barbacovi, Carli, Chiocchetti, Conci, Costa, Dalmartello, Dalpiaz, Decarli, Fontanari, Giuliani, Gruber, Kofler, Leonardi, Mosna, Moser, Nardelli, Pedrotti, Miori, Pedrolli, Pisetta, Rossi, Simeoni, Tamanini, Tomaselli, Valle, Zeni, Zanon.

Updates

Province of Bolzano: Braies/Prags | Cortina sulla Strada del Vino/Kurtinig an der Weinstraße | Martello/Martell | Ponte Gardena/Waidbruck | Senale-San Felice/Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix
Province of Trento: Faedo | Samone | Cinte Tesino | Malosco | Valfloriana | Ronchi Valsugana

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