Surnames in Tuscany, Italy

Surnames in the Provinces of Toscana

Research

Common Surnames

• over 6000: Rossi;
• between 2000 and 3999: Innocenti, Bianchi, Gori, Ricci, Martini, Giusti;
• between 1600 and 1999: Bacci, Baldi, Bartolini, Berti, Conti, Donati, Giannini, Landi, Lombardi, Mori, Pellegrini, Pucci, Santini.

Origin of Surnames

• As regards their origin, typical Tuscan surnames are patronymic derived from baptism names, such as Paoli, Pieri and Salvadori, and show a widespread ending in -i (Latin genitive, as in Alighieri= of Alighiero).
• Another feature is brevity often derived from shortenings as Baldi (from Ugobaldo), Berti (from Roterto or Adalberto), Betti (from Benedetto), Cioni (from Baldiccione, or Ugoccione), Corsi (from Accorso or Bonaccorso), Dini (from Guido, Aldo, Corrado), Gori (from Gregorio), Landi (from Rolando), Neri (from Rainero), Pucci (from Filippo), Vanni, Vannini and Vannucci (from Giovanni).
• However, also other "classical" surnames are present, derived from crafts (Barbieri, Ciampi, Fabbri, Ferrari, Martelli, Mugnaii, Sarti), titles (Conti, Baroni), nicknames (Biondi, Grassi, Mancini) and places of origin (Lombardi, Pratesi).

Updates

• Province of Arezzo: Caprese Michelangelo | Monterchi | Badia Tedalda
• Province of Firenze: Gambassi Terme | Montieri | San Godenzo
• Province of Grosseto: Campagnatico
• Province of Livorno: Rio nell'Elba | Sassetta
• Province of Lucca: Stazzema | Piazza al Serchio | Minucciano | Pieve Fosciana
• Province of Massa e Carrara: Tresana
• Province of Pisa: Riparbella
• Province of Pistoia: Abetone | Sambuca Pistoiese
• Province of Prato: Vernio
• Province of Siena: San Quirico d'Orcia | Casole d'Elsa | Chiusdino | San Casciano dei Bagni | Pienza