Comments on: Italian Surnames /last-names/ , Real Estate in Italy, Move to Italy Sat, 13 Mar 2021 21:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Antoinette /last-names/#comment-10962 Sat, 13 Mar 2021 21:45:28 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/05/22/italian-surnames-2/#comment-10962 Hi Everyone!
I’m doing genealogy on all 4 of my Sicilian grandparents going back and have come across a conundrum. Take for example my grandma’s maiden surname of LaRosa has no space between La and Rosa but if it were not a surname but a sentence about “the rose” then there is a space between the two words such as Questa la rosa.
Therefore when I search Italian surnames with La, Lo, Di, Della etc should I expect the surnames to have a space separating the definite article from the name or be all one name with no space. It makes a big difference in the search accuracy. I realize in old times the surnames were literally what the original person did for a living or where they came from such as Del Greco. In time as a surname does that become Delgreco?

]]> By: Joanne Bove /last-names/#comment-10715 Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:09:09 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/05/22/italian-surnames-2/#comment-10715 Martin, is not an Italian surname. But many of our names got mangled when we came through immigration. If you are Italian, most likely, your name was Martino. I would look at family immigration and census records to see what is documented. This may lead you to copies of original birth certificates.
A simple rule of thumb, most Italian surnames, end in a vowel.

]]> By: Anthony /last-names/#comment-7638 Sun, 22 Sep 2019 14:14:16 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/05/22/italian-surnames-2/#comment-7638 My mother is Sicilian, and her maiden name is Galeano

]]> By: Katty /last-names/#comment-4466 Wed, 15 May 2019 14:46:36 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/05/22/italian-surnames-2/#comment-4466 In reply to Jo Ann Salyers.

No idea! Could be, it’s quite similar.

]]> By: Jo Ann Salyers /last-names/#comment-4356 Sat, 11 May 2019 23:11:35 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/05/22/italian-surnames-2/#comment-4356 I’ve seen Sardegna and Sardinia in Italy. Did the surname Sardenga originate from these?

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