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Subject: Re: Elusive italian surnames...
Author: Mino Sagani   (guest, 87.5.76.20)
Date: May 30, 2007 at 6:15:28 PM
Reply to: Elusive italian surnames... by Getb
No i Can't tell you that Tubino is sicilian. Tobia of course is a sicilain surname.
Tubino has always beee very genoese. a diminutive dialect form of
Tobia that also exists in Genoa area, like Zunino is a genoese form derived from Giovannino (given name John.

I am not so sure.

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