Ancestral Names

Ancestral Names

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I thought it would be fun to put my  Italian ancestral names in a list.  Please comment if you have a match.  

Naples

  • Sorrentino
  • Caracciolo
  • Caracciolo Di Torchiarolo
  • Longo
  • Princi
  • Scafura
  •  Martre
  • Pedatella
  • Pasca
  • Mauiello
  • Genovese
  • Priscolo
  • Cennamo
  • Saluzzo
  • Savino
  • Capece Piscicelli
  •  Piromallo

Toritto

  • Mirra
  • Nicoletti 
  • Carnevale
  • Solazzo
  • Di Niello
  • Lisa
  • Bruno
  • Urgenti
  • Mirra
  • Florio
  • Urgenti

Acquaviva Della Fonti

  • Chiarappa
  • Cheico
  • Lorusso
  • Mirra
  •  Caputo
  • Paparella
  • Tarullo
  • Lamandaloro
  • Mecurio

Lucerne

  • Mohr
  • Sonneberg
  • Goldin
  • Amryhn
  • Bircher
  • Schnider
  • Phyffer
  • Grunauer
  • Helmin
  • Feer
  • Weber
  • Fleckenstein
  • Holdermeyer
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  1. Who was Ferdinand the Catholic and Isabella? I have Coat of Arms for the names: Iocco and DiBenedetto. Anything on those would be appreciated. Other names in my heritage are Granieri and Libutti. Thanks for taking the time.

    1. Bob

      Hi Valerie, Sorry I just saw this. Can you give me any first names, where in Italy they are from, about when they were born?

    2. Bob

      Do you have any first names, birth dates? I’ll see what I can find. Check my videohttps://www.useloom.com/share/fa162ab32a36467296f5f950e45115df

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