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Cai is typically Tuscan in the area that includes the provinces of Pisa and Florence, Caia has a small Calabrese stock in Bagnara Calabra and Oppido Mamertina and the main stock in Syracuse and Avola, Caio, in addition to the Lombard stock, especially in Bergamo, has a stock also in the Bari area, Gai is typically from Piedmont and western Liguria, with a stock also in Pistoia and Rome, Gaia is typical of the Lombard, Ligurian and Piedmontese areas, with a stock also in the Rimini and Pesaro areas, Gaius, has a Venetian nucleus, especially in Lamon in the Belluno area and in Feltre, in Montebelluna in the Treviso area, in Venice and in Bassano del Grappa in the Vicenza area, with a small stock in the Neapolitan dialect, should derive from the Latin praenomen Caius or Gaius of which we have the most illustrious example in Gaius (or Gaius) Julius Caesar, in some cases they could derive from the Gens Gaia or Gavia, or from the relative nomen Gaius, Gaia. We find traces of these surnames from the year 1077 in Cremona in a Cartula offersionis where among the witnesses we find: "... Signa ++++ manuum Dothoni et Petri germanis, filii quondam Sansommi, ...., etiam Alberici de Verdello, Alberici Rimizani, Bernardi de Gaio, testium ... ".

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Caiado
Nobles: Portugal - Espanha - Brazil
Nobility: Senhores - Família Nobre
Language of the text: Portugûes

Caiado
Nobles: Portogallo - Spagna - Brasile
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri
Language of the text: Italiano

Caiado
Variations Last name: Calado
Nobles: Portugal - Brazil - Espanha
Nobility: Nobres - Cavaleiros
Language of the text: Portugûes

Caiarte
Nobles: España (Vasco Navarro)
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros - Familia Noble
Language of the text: Español

Caiazzo
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili - Signori - Baroni - Conti - Cavalieri
Language of the text: Italiano

Caiba
Nobles: España (Guipúzcoa)
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros - Familia Noble
Language of the text: Español

Caibel
Nobles: España (Guipúzcoa)
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros - Familia Noble
Language of the text: Español

Caicedo
Nobles: España (Alava - Andalusia - La Rioja -Vizcaya - Navarra)
Nobility: Marqueses - Señores - Caballeros
Language of the text: Español

Caicedo
Nobles: Spain
Nobility: Knights - Marquises
Language of the text: English

Ayrolo
Variations Last name: Airola - Airolo - Cairola
Nobles: Italia (Liguria - Sicilia)
Nobility: Patrizi
Language of the text: Italiano

Caimi
Variations Last name: Caimo
Nobles: Italia (Lombardia)
Nobility: Conti - Duchi - Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Carola
Variations Last name: Cairola
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

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Caiani
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Caiazza
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Caielebot
Nobles: France (Verneuil)
Nobility: Famille Noble - Chevaliers - Seigneurs
Language of the text: Français

Caietani D'Anagni
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Caietani Di Pisa
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Caifa
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Caifano
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Caifassi
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Caifasso
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano