Did you know you can tell a lot about an Italian Surnames origin by it's ending? Or that generally speaking surnames in Southern regions of Italy end in vowels but as one moves North many surnames will end in consonants? This can possibility be attributed to the fact that Northern Italy
borders have changed several times over the centuries and belonged to
other European countries so surnames were "grandfathered' in.
Some examples of such surnames and the regions they can found in are:
Anzil - Fruili-Venezia Giulia
Bionaz - Valle d'Aosta
Conchin - Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piemonte
De Pellegrin - Fruili-Venezia Giulia
De Sanctis - Abruzzo, Lazio, Lombardy
Orbel - Piemonte
Perin - Veneto, Lombardy
Rigonat - Fruili-Venezia Giulia
Schiff - Fruili-Venezia Giulia
Other surname endings found in Northern regions include:
| Suffix | Region | Example | ||
| - otti/utti | Fruili, Lombardy | Pascutti | ||
| - otti/utti | Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, Trentino | Bortolotti | ||
| -aci/ecci/ucci | Tuscany | Ghelarducci | ||
| -ai | Lombardy, Tuscany | Mungai | ||
| -u, -as and -is | Sardinia | Piccinnu, Marras, Floris, Melis |
**Sources**
1. Italian Surname Database - accessed 6 Jul 2013
2. Gens-Italia - accessed 6 Jul 2013
3. Webpages by Stephen P. Morse , San Francisco - accessed 6 July 2013
4. Wikipedia - accessed 6 Jul 2013
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