The last name Trevisan is a typical example of toponymic Italian, that is, a family name originating in a locality, in this case, the province of Treviso, in the valley of Veneto.
In the Veneto region, the surname Trevisan is particularly popular in the provinces of Venice, Padua and Vicenza.
The Romans called the city of Treviso Tarvisium, a name that would originate from the Celtic term “tarvos”, meaning "bull". For some historians, that region would have been a place of worship for this animal. Another theory suggests that the region was widely used for cattle breeding.
Families and regions
The first records of the use of the Trevisan surname date back to the 12th century, but there is not just one branch of the family. This is a surname that was used to designate different families that identified with the city of Treviso.
Among the main families are those of Republic of Venice (810-1797), where Marcantonio Trevisan, “Trivisano” (1475-1554) was doge (leader) between 1553 and 1554.
This is a very common family name also in other regions of Italy, such as Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardia, Piedmont e Emilia Romagna.
Among the variations of this family name are Trevisani, Trevesani, Trevisoli, Trevisanelli and Trevisato.
Trevisan in Brazil
In Brazil, the surname has been present since decade 1870, when the Italian immigration in the country. Among other immigrants, there are records of the family of Giuseppe Trevisan, coming from Genoa to Paraná on the ship Columbo, in 1878, and from the family of Valentino Trevisan, coming from Treviso to Espírito Santo on the ship AdriaIn 1889.
The family of Francesco Trevisani, from Verona, came to Espírito Santo on board the ship ClementineIn 1878.
Popularity
According to the Italian website Cognomix, there are approximately 4.852 Families Trevisan in Italy. The surname is the second most common in the Veneto region and in the city of Ceggia (Veneto) and third in popularity in the province of Gorizia (Friuli Venezia Giulia).
The Forebears website points out that, after Italy, the countries where the Trevisan surname is most common are Brazil, Argentina, France and the United States.
Geographical distribution of the surname in Italy:
Biographies
Among the Brazilian personalities in the family is the writer and lawyer Dalton Trevisan, who turned 97 years old on June 14th.
Famous for his reserved personality, he is the author of the book The Vampire of Curitiba (1965), and released several other works, mainly books of short stories.
He was unanimously elected winner of the Camões Award in 2012, the same year he received the Machado de Assis Award, Brazilian Academy of Letters, for all of his work.
Another well-known person with this surname is Armindo Trevisan, also active in the field of literature. Born in 1933 in Santa Maria, in Rio Grande do Sul, Armindo is a theologian, poet, art critic and essayist, and remains active at 89 years old.
With works translated into several languages, he released poetry books, such as Melee (1973) and Prayers for the New Millennium (1999).
Trevisan family and literature
The Trevisan family seems to have a vocation for the field of Literature, as another personality who represents the family members is also the writer João Silvério Trevisan, 77 years old, who is also a journalist, playwright, filmmaker and translator.
During the Military Dictatorship in Brazil, in the 1960s, he admitted his homosexuality and went to live in the United States. Upon returning to Brazil, the writer founded the group Somos, which fought to defend the rights of LGBT community in the 1970s.
He is the author of works such as the short film Contestation (1969), the book Pedaço de Mim (2002) and won the Jabuti Award in 2003, for the novel Filomena.
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