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CAMARLINGHI | CAMERLENGHI | CAMERLENGO | CAMERLINGO

Camarlinghi is typically Tuscan, with a stock in Florence, Lastra a Signa and Barberino del Mugello in the Florentine, in Santa Croce sull'Arno in Pisa and a cecina in Livorno, Camerlenghi, very very rare, has a very small Lombard stock, especially in Mantua , and one in Genoa, Camerlengo has a stock in Verona, a small one in the Ascoli area in Montegranaro and in Monte San Giusto in the Macerata area, one in Rome and Tivoli in the Roman area and in Magliano Sabina in the Rieti area and one in Altavilla Irpina in the Avellino area. in Benevento, San Giorgio del Sannio and San Nicola Manfredi in Benevento, and one in Fasano in Brindisi, Camerlingo is typical of the Neapolitan, of Giugliano in Campania, Naples, Marano of Naples, Villaricca, Pozzuoli, Quarto and Qualiano, these surnames should derive from the medieval term camerlengo (treasurer, tax collector), Italianization of the Germanic medieval term chamarlinc, indicating that the progenitors carried out this task in ancient times.

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


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