Surname Pacheco

Origin and meaning

Paceco is a very rare surname, typical rigento and derived from the place name Paceco (town apani, Sicily). But it can also be a derivation e Latin name Paciaecus ich there is evidence in a letter from Cicero to Atticus: "Cicero Atticus sal hic ... Paciaecus adfirmat ...". In the time e Romans, the Gens was something more than the family, as we understand it, Gens was the clan, the totality ople descending from the same origin. The people were identified by: name + gens + surname. The 'gen

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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:

  • Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.