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62 Italian surnames: curious and different

Curious Italian surname
61 curious Italian surnames

We search for fun Italian surnames. And do you know any?

Search surnames It's a fun adventure, even more so when we come across some very different, curious and funny ones.

It is estimated that there are more than 30 million in Brazil descendants of Italians. Imagine carrying Ingannamorte, Fonfon, Patetta or Pirocca in your name.

Some surnames may sound strange, or like a swear word in Portuguese, but in Italy they have very different meanings.

62 curious and different Italian surnames:

(Surname and predominance)

Innocenti - Tuscany

Pirocca – Veneto

Bundone – Sardinia

Cusin – in Veneto dialect it means cousin.

Boccanegra – Veneto

Bossetto - Piedmont

Passarin – Veneto

Malatesta – Lazio

Barbi – Lombardy

Della Slut – Friuli

Chiuchiu – Umbria

bag - Piedmont

Fonfon – Veneto

Vagina - Piedmont

Tontodimamma – Abruzzo

Ingannamorte – Puglia

Patetta – Liguria

Cortina – Lazio

Pepin - Piedmont

Barter – Emiglia-Romagna

Santoliquid – Basilicata

Bread Eater – Sicily

pizza miglio – Lombardy

Deufemia – Basilicata

boy – Campania

Roll – Liguria

Cassetti – Lombardy

Faith – Sicily

Roella - Piedmont

Malandra – Abruzzo

Fiappo - Piedmont

Mesh – Sicily

Foddis – Sardinia

beetle – Calabria

mole – Sicily

Capetta – Piedmont (Capeta is the brand of an important Italian wine).

Hair – Lombardy

Fool Campania

Pinton – Veneto

Teta Campania

Silly – Lombardy

bug – Lombardy

Save – Sicily

Rodela – Lombardy

Cassettino Campania

Falsetti - Tuscany

Canal – Veneto

Rego – Lombardy 

Pike - Apulia

Piccalugga – Lombardy

Cabassa - Emilia Romagna

Trafficker – Basilicata

Cow – Sardinia 

Slug – Lombardy

Exodus – Veneto

Club – Sardinia 

Like – Lombardy 

Pork – Calabria

Die Campania

Caretta – Veneto  

Reproductive – Liguria

Fedecostante – Veneto

All the surnames listed above, and others, can be found on the website Cognomix.it.

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