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ABBRUSCATO | ABRUSCATO

Both typical of the Palermo area, they should derive from a nickname. additions provided by Luigi Colombo The surname originates from the province of Palermo. It is very local and not very common: it is present above all in the town of Ventimiglia di Sicilia (PA) from where emigrants in the USA or France should also come. Probably this surname derives from the Sicilian verb abbruscare, that is to say toast, toast, perhaps to indicate a person with the color of the skin tending to dark or tanned.

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


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