Surname Mautone
Origin and meaning
The surname is typically Campanian, especially of the Salerno area and of the Naples area. It would derive from a nickname originating in the archaic Campanian dialect term mavotone or mautone —"brick"—, perhaps indicating that the founder of the line was a bricklayer.
Geographic distribution: The Salerno area, the Naples area (Campania, southern Italy)
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This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary integrates the information available in specialized onomastic studies.
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