SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Omegna

Origin and meaning

The surname Omegna is of toponymic origin and derives from the name of the locality of Omegna, in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola area. On this point E. De Felice and E. Rossoni agree, noting that the surname was formed to indicate the geographical provenance of the line from this Piedmontese place name.

Along the same lines, E. Rossoni confirms its typically Piedmontese character and its direct link with that core, which reinforces the territorial origin of the surname within the Italian onomastic tradition.

Geographic distribution: Piedmont, 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