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POSTIGLIONE | POSTIGLIONI

Postiglione is typical of the area that includes the Campania, the Foggia and the Potentino, Postiglioni, decidedly rarer, is typically latial, of the Viterbo and the Roman, should be a surname derived from the profession of the founder, who Evidently they were to be postilions (conductors of stagecoaches and carriages). Additions provided by Pasquale Mauro Maria honored Postiglione could also derive from the Toponym Postiglione, municipality in the province of Salerno. Additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Postiglione is the surname Laziale, Campania and Pugliese. The etymology of the voice is from "post" ' through the French ' postillon ' = "Driver's diligence" or the postal coach. According to others, it would instead derive directly from a personal Roman name, but not historically documented. Place name Postiglione (SA).

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


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