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BUCCHERI | BURCHERI

Typically Sicilian Buccheri, with large stocks in Palermo, Catania and Catania, in Agrigento, Syracuse and Syracuse, Burcheri is specific to San Cataldo (CL), should derive from nicknames originated from the profession of butcher or butcher through the term arab baker (vaccheria), according to others it derives from the french term boucher (butcher). additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Buccheri is a Sicilian, Calabrian and Neapolitan surname, it could come directly from the homonymous toponym in the province of Syracuse or be the Italianization of the French surname Bouquier, from the voice 'boucher' = butcher. Rohlfs 54

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


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