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Arberesh surnames

Arberesh surnames

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 1:19AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Matranga/Geraci/Guidera
I would like to know the Arberesh surnames. I mean, I know of some in my heritage, but what were they originally, before they Italianized them?

TY,

Lisa

Such as: Matranga, Geraci, Guidera, etc.

Re: Arberesh surnames

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 6:19AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Majerà, Maiera, Maiara, Barci, Dardis, Rebecco, Petrone, Ippolito, Posterivo, Gramano, Travalo, Aquino, Monfa, Ponti
Earlier in my research I would have quickly dumped a list of surnames. After many years of research I feel comfortable only sharing my own. In my case though, once I located the village name, based on phonetic spelling combinations from a 70 year old uncle recollection who only heard the name spoken once when he was less than 10 years old. Anyway, my surname example...

Majerà (original Arberesh used from about 1560-1900)
Maiera (modern Italianization after 1900)
Maiara (American immigration error 1880)

The village is Cervicati, Calabria. Today a good deal of the original descendants are still in that same area. Other family surnames: Barci, Dardis, Rebecco, Petrone, Ippolito, Posterivo, Gramano, Travalo, Aquino, Monfa, Ponti
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