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MONTIS

Typical of south-western Sardinia, it derives from having inhabited the family on or near mountains or particular rocks. additions provided by Giuseppe Concas MONTIS: for the meaning, etymology and presence in the ancient documents of the Sardinian language see DEMONTIS. The surname Montis is currently present in 113 Italian Municipalities, of which 56 in Sardinia: Cagliari 87, San Gavino Monreale 64, Serramanna 62, Settimo San Pietro 57, Villasor 52, etc. In the peninsula Rome has the highest number with 40. In the USA it is present in 13 states: Ohio with 3 family units, the others with 1.

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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