Surname Bagnasco
Origin and meaning
According to E. Rossoni and P. Regati, Bagnasco is a toponymic surname derived from the place name Bagnasco, found in the province of Cuneo, or from the locality of the same name in the province of Asti, both in Piedmont.
The surname originally identified a person or family who came from one of these places and later became hereditary as descendants continued to be known by their place of origin. This type of surname formation was very common in medieval Italy, where individuals were often distinguished by the town or village from which they came.
Overall, Bagnasco is a surname of geographical origin that preserves the memory of an ancestral connection to the Piedmontese localities bearing the name Bagnasco.
Geographic distribution: Typical of the area comprising the Cuneo, Asti, Alessandria, Savona and Genoa areas
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Sources
This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:
- Rossoni, E. (2002). Origine e storia dei cognomi italiani. Retrieved from https://www.cognomiitaliani.org
- Regati, P. (2003). Cognomi genovesi e liguri. Retrieved from https://digilander.libero.it/paolore2/cult_tradiz/cognomi.html
- Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.