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CALOPRESTI

Extremely rare it is typical of the Reggio area should derive from a nickname originated from the Greek word kalos (beautiful, good) and from the dialect word presti (priest) and would be for Buonprete.

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


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