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Caccavella and Caccavelli are very rare and typical of the Foggia area, Caccavello is even rarer and would seem to have a stock in the Orvieto and one in the Neapolitan, Caccaviello is specific to the province of Naples, in particular Massa Lubrense, should derive from nicknames originated from the word dialectal caccavella (or putipĆ¹ typical Neapolitan instrument) sometimes used to indicate a small thing.

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


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