Sicilian Submitted Surnames

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These names are a subset of Italian names used more often by speakers of Sicilian. Listed separately are Italian names. See also about Italian names.
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ANDREOZZIItalian, Sicilian
From a pet form of the personal name Andrea.
ARLOTTASicilian
From the French personal name Arlot, recorded in the Latinized form Arolottus from the 13th century.
ARRAGalician, Sicilian
Habitational name from a place in Galicia called Arra, this surname was also found in some parts of Sicily.
BALISTRERISicilian
Means "archer, crossbowman" or "crossbow maker" in Sicilian.
BUCCAMBUSOSicilian, Italian
Believed to be an Americanization of the surname Buccinfuso
BUSCEMIItalian, Sicilian
Sicilian surname of Arabic origin coming from the town Buscemi in Syracuse province. The name possibly derives from Arab 'Abu Samah'.
CAMMARERISicilian, Italian
Means "servant, waiter" in Sicilian.
CIRCELLISicilian
Derived from Sicilian circedda meaning "(hoop) earring", originally used to denote someone who wore hoop earrings.
CRAVOTTASicilian
From a Sicilian immigrant to America, Cravotta was changed to Cravatta upon arrival at Ellis Island. The name means "bowtie."
FARACISicilian
Patronymic from farace; deriving from Arab farag.
FARANOItalian, Sicilian
Possibly deriving from a town Faranò in province of Messina, Sicily. Possible variant of Surname faran which comes from Irish surnames Ó Fearáin, Ó Faracháin, or Ó Forannáin.
LAMALFASicilian
Variant of Malfa, most probably a habitational name for someone from Malfa on the island of Salina (Messina), although the name has also been linked with Amalfi in Salerno and Melfi in Potenza.
MACHISicilian
Unexplained. It may be from the Albanian personal name Maqo. Derivation from a Greek name ending in -akis, which has been suggested, is implausible.
MANNAZZUSardinian (Archaic), Sicilian (Rare, Archaic), Corsican (Modern, Rare), Italian (Rare)
It came from the Ancient Nuraghi people. the Nuraghi people inhabited southern Corsica and northern and central Sardinia.
OCCHIPINTISicilian
Derived from Italian occhi "eyes" and pinti "painted", denoting someone with dark eyelashes or with flecked or blood-shot eyes.
PULEOSicilian
origin- common name found in Palermo in Scicily
SCILLATOItalian, Sicilian
Comes from the commune of Scillato in Sicily, Italy, southeast of Palermo.
TRIFILETTISicilian
Topographic name from a diminutive of Greek triphyllon "trefoil".
VECCHIOSicilian
Italian (mainly Sicily): from vecchio ‘old’, ‘aged’, applied as a status name for the older or oldest son, or as a nickname, possibly for someone who was prematurely gray, bent, or wrinkled.
ZICARIItalian, Sicilian
Southern Italian and Sicilian from an unattested Arabic personal name Zikri or Zikari.