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[Surname] Lucarelli?
Can someone tell me the etymology of this [Italian] surname? It's my married name, my husband's birth name. Thank you.
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[...Lucarelli è molto diffuso in tutto il centro, in Molise, Campania, Puglia e Basilicata, Lucarello è praticamente unico, Lucarini è tipico delle marche, Umbria e Lazio ed alta Toscana, con un ceppo anche nel genovese, Lucarino, estremamente raro, parrebbe della zona tra iserniese e Lazio, derivano dal nome medioevale Luca a sua volta derivato dal greco Lukas....]translated:
Lucarelli is very diffused in the whole centre, in Molise, Campania, Puglia and Basilicata, Lucarello is practically unique, Lucarini is typically from Marche, Umbria and Lazio and high Tuscany, with a root in Genova as well, Lucarino, extremely rare, ?parrebbe? from the area between Isernia and Lazio, derives from the medieval name Luca to his turn derived from the Greek Lukas.source: www.melegnano.net
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Thank you very much for your reply.
My husband's family is from Bari.
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