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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Italian

Meaning & History

Occupational name for a scrap-metal merchant, from a derivative of Sferro in the sense ‘old and broken iron’. Habitational name from the district of Paternò in Catania, Sicily.
Added 3/30/2014 by jfifles
Edited 3/30/2014 by jfifles