SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Levati

Origin and meaning

E. De Felice identifies this surname as Lombard, derived from the place name Levate, a locality in the Bergamo area.

E. Rossoni broadens this perspective: he places the surname as typical of the region of Lombardy, with a presence concentrated especially in the Milan area —in localities such as Vimercate, Monza, Gorgonzola, Cernusco sul Naviglio and Concorezzo— and a secondary core in the Bergamo area, around Levate, Seriate and Dalmine. As for the origin, Rossoni proposes that the surname would derive from place names such as Levate, in the Bergamo area, or Levata, in the Cremona area.

Geographic distribution: Lombardy

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Drawing on 2 authors, this entry presents the different hypotheses about the origin of the surname, avoiding a single oversimplified explanation.

Sources

This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:

  • De Felice, E. (1978). Dizionario dei cognomi italiani. Milano: Mondadori.
  • Rossoni, E. (2002). Origine e storia dei cognomi italiani. Retrieved from https://www.cognomiitaliani.org