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CO | CO'

Both Cò and Co seem to be of Brescian origin, but there could also be a Piacenza lineage, they should derive from a dialectal nickname generated by the word cò (head) which could be related to physical or intellectual characteristics of the progenitor.

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


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