Surnames in Basilicata, Italy

The lists of surnames were derived from the white pages of the 1990's for the recent lists, and from sources as indexes of births, "numerazioni", catasti onciari, parish records for previous centuries.

Surnames in the Province of Matera

Updates: Montalbano Jonico | Bernalda | Nova Siri | Stigliano | Tricarico

Surnames in the Province of Potenza

Updates: Lauria | Maratea | Sant'Arcangelo | Senise | Latronico | Francavilla in Sinni | Castelluccio Inferiore | Viggianello | San Costantino Albanese | San Martino d'Agri | San Paolo Albanese | Teana | Avigliano | Rionero in Vulture | Trecchina

Common Surnames

In Basilicata the most common surnames are toponymic, that is, related to place of origin: Albano, Calabrese, Cirigliano, Cosentino, Genovese, Grieco, Lauria, Lombardi, Montemurro, Stigliano.
As with other regions of Southern Italy, we find surnames formed with definite articles (La, Lo, Le) such as Larocca, Laguardia, Lasala, Latorre, Labella, Lamacchia, Lasalandra, Lobascio, Lenoci, Locantore, Lo Piccolo, Logiurato, Loperfido, Lorusso, Lovaglio.
Other common, typical surnames are formed using prefixes as "mastro" (Mastronardi, Mastrangelo, Mastrosimone), "papa" (Papaleo, Papapietro) and "tata" (Tatananni).

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