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Re: Surname Ponisi
On fact two italian surnames quite similar exist:PONISSI
PONIThey are very local at the moment in Italy and extremely rare.
So especially Ponisi could be a wrong spelling of Ponissi
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The surname Poni might derive from the forename Jacopo > Jacopone > Pone > surname Poni. None of this explains Ponisi, however.
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