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Obviously Italian. It was changed to Colian after immigrating to the US.
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As the Colliani comes from Cilento area (region of Salerno): il should be interesting for you to look at a marvellous site, dealing about the emugration from Cilento:
http://www.alfonsotoscano.it/AECnavi.htm
You can seee also the pictures of the ships that carried the emigrants to USA!
http://www.alfonsotoscano.it/AECnavi.htm
You can seee also the pictures of the ships that carried the emigrants to USA!
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Originally this surname could be COLLIANI.
If so this surname comes from CAMPANIA REGION, Southern Italy, 150 km South from Naples (Napoli).
As most of the Italian surnames ending in "-ano" or "-ani" Colliani could come from a place name: the village of COLLIANO near SALERNO (see Wikipedia for this village).
The origin of the name of this village dates back to roman times, it is not clear:
from the word "collina" or "colle" that is "hill".
From an old roman personal name "Collius" and suffixe "anus" (Collianus).
Most probably the COLLIANI families came from the village of SICIGNANO-DEGLI-ALBURNI. This name has been spelt wrongly in Ellis Island site: Sicequane and Lieignano (horrible indeed!).
Sicignano is near Salerno too.
At the moment in Italy Colliani is an extremely rare surname. There are no traces of Coliani in Italy!
If so this surname comes from CAMPANIA REGION, Southern Italy, 150 km South from Naples (Napoli).
As most of the Italian surnames ending in "-ano" or "-ani" Colliani could come from a place name: the village of COLLIANO near SALERNO (see Wikipedia for this village).
The origin of the name of this village dates back to roman times, it is not clear:
from the word "collina" or "colle" that is "hill".
From an old roman personal name "Collius" and suffixe "anus" (Collianus).
Most probably the COLLIANI families came from the village of SICIGNANO-DEGLI-ALBURNI. This name has been spelt wrongly in Ellis Island site: Sicequane and Lieignano (horrible indeed!).
Sicignano is near Salerno too.
At the moment in Italy Colliani is an extremely rare surname. There are no traces of Coliani in Italy!
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A bit of a guess ...from an Italian translation site ...Collandre means to drip or strain (I suspect like our collender) ... so you can guess as to what it might have meant.
My guess would be a family who did drains, roofs or the like or perhaps someone who lived near a drainage area or waterfall maybe ...
My guess would be a family who did drains, roofs or the like or perhaps someone who lived near a drainage area or waterfall maybe ...
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