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Italian Surname Searches

If you are looking to do an Italian Surname Searches , we have found some of the best links.  While there are many many links these are our favorites.  Visit our LINKS page for more research information.  And our BOOKS page for how to research.

This is a really cool site as it gives the origin for your name, also variations and popularity in the US — Behind the Name

This is a pretty neat one as it shows the map of Italy with the names by region, heat map style — Brilliant Maps

This one gives a heat map in a different style, and other countries as well — Italian Surname Map

One more map, in a different style — Italian Names

Surnames by region, type in a surname for the region and you get a list, you can also get the list of the most common names in a region — Italian Surnames

This site gives a list of names by region also — Italy Heritage

Italian Side gives you location and pronunciation — Italian Side

Seven facts about Italian surnames from Ancestry.com  — Ancestry Italian Surnames

Interesting article on the origin of Italian Surnames  ( over 1,000,000 )– La Gazzetta

Extensive Italian Surname Searches  from BYU — BYU Italian List

Brief article on Italian Surname Searches  from Ancestral Findings

The ten most common Italian Surname searches in the US

1. Russo (45,787 people)

2. Marino (26,789 people)

3. Romano (24,280 people)

4. Rossi (23,879 people)

5. Bruno (22,917 people)

6. Esposito (21,438 people)

7. Caruso (19,400 people)

8. Rizzo (17,368 people)

9. Gallo (16,937 people)

10. Greco (16,178 people)

Search on my grandmother's name from Italian Surnames

Piromallo12.28NapoliNapoli
Piromallo9.60Torre del GrecoNapoli
Piromallo9.48San Nicola la StradaCaserta
Piromallo9.36PorticiNapoli
Piromallo3.83Marano di NapoliNapoli
Piromallo3.51ErcolanoNapoli
Piromallo3.44Castello di CisternaNapoli
Piromallo3.36Mugnano di NapoliNapoli
Piromallo3.32Pomigliano d’ArcoNapoli
Piromallo2.44ForioNapoli

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