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Italian surnames: meanings, origins and distribution
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Popular Italian surnames
1Rossi108,799 people4,338 towns2Russo74,768 people2,958 towns3Ferrari63,877 people3,040 towns4Esposito56,037 people2,222 towns5Lombardi55,684 people2,032 towns6Romano42,763 people2,469 towns7Romano'42,674 people2,469 towns8Colombo42,240 people1,768 towns9Ferraro39,460 people1,628 towns10Ricci36,229 people2,117 towns11Marino33,192 people2,050 towns12Greco31,680 people2,018 towns13Bruno31,096 people2,116 towns14Gallo30,936 people2,333 towns15Conti30,282 people2,198 towns16De Luca30,082 people2,047 towns17Mancini30,033 people1,801 towns18Giordano29,721 people2,008 towns19Costa29,566 people2,290 towns20Rizzo29,152 people2,080 towns21Moretti26,198 people2,070 towns22Fontana25,462 people2,256 towns23Santoro25,174 people1,727 towns24Mariani24,058 people1,728 towns25Rinaldi23,153 people1,965 towns26Ferrara22,856 people1,693 towns27Martini22,692 people1,763 towns28Galli22,594 people1,768 towns29Caruso22,485 people1,595 towns30Leone22,466 people1,735 towns31Gentile21,738 people1,715 towns32Longo21,513 people1,795 towns33Vitale20,991 people1,515 towns34Martinelli20,981 people1,747 towns35Lombardo20,710 people1,507 towns36De Santis20,628 people1,375 towns37Serra20,573 people1,574 towns38Coppola20,414 people1,271 towns39D'angelo20,151 people1,508 towns40Ferri19,903 people1,612 towns41Parisi19,745 people1,537 towns42Villa19,743 people1,333 towns43Conte19,684 people1,637 towns44Marchetti19,468 people1,745 towns45Valentini19,343 people1,536 towns46Fabbri19,199 people1,004 towns47Messina18,930 people1,172 towns48Gatti18,927 people1,765 towns49Sala18,773 people1,349 towns50Marini18,593 people1,677 towns
