Surnames in Umbria, Italy

Surnames in the Provinces of Umbria
Perugia
- Updates: Sigillo | Scheggia e Pascelupo | Pietralunga | Fratta Todina | Giano dell'Umbria | Monte Castello di Vibio | Bettona
Terni
- Updates: Arrone | Castel Giorgio | San Venanzo | Allerona | Alviano
Common Surnames
- Between 3000 and 5000: Rossi
- Between 2000 and 3000: Fiorucci, Moretti, Proietti, Ricci,
- Between 1000 and 2000: Bellucci, Benedetti, Bianchi, Castellani, Ceccarelli, Mancini, Mariani, Minelli, Passeri, Rosati
Origin of Surnames
- Some typical Umbrian surnames are Alunni, Gubbiotti, Pannacci, Roscini.
- Patronymics are very widespread, as Petrino, Costantino, Benedetto, Mariotto, Angelo, Tommaso, Brunetto and Donato, also with suffixes in -elli (Antonelli, Ceccarelli), -etti ( Benedetti, Menichetti), -ini (Cecchini, Sabatini, Venturini).
- Some typical Umbrian surnames derived from nicknames are Barbarossa, Bevilacqua, Bracalenti (= loose trousers), Ciancaleoni (=lion's paw), Conti, Capotosti, Mancini, Mezzasoma (= half measure), Ricci, Rosato, Toccaceli (=touch heaven).
- Foundlings were given the surnames Proietti or Alunni (=raised by nurses).
- Also present are surnames of Languebard origin as Baldoni, Nardi, Federici.
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