Surname Mazzitelli
Origin and meaning
The surname appears to be native to the province of Vibo Valentia, with a not-recent presence in the Milan area. Its derivation is varied: it may descend from a nickname linked to a trade or to membership of a military corps, or from the medieval Germanic name Mazzi or Mazzo.
Geographic distribution: The Vibo Valentia area (Calabria, southern Italy), the Milan area (Lombardy)
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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