by Mino Sagani (guest)
7/31/2010, 1:00 AM
According to the Dictionary UTET of Italian surnames this sicilan surname has no sure origin. It could be a variant of other sicilian surnames like Scimè or Scimemi. The last one could come from a first name like Simone (Simon).
Italian slavic surname are beared mainlyin Abruzzi region, on the adriatic coast, not so much in Sicily and of course in Trieste area or Friuli region.