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ERNANDES | ERNANDEZ

Both quite rare and typical of Trapani, Ernandes is specific to Favignana and Trapani, as well as the rarer Ernandez. additions provided by Stefano Ferrazzi Of Iberian origin (probably Jewish-Sephardic), the surnames Ernandes and Ernandez arise from an Italianization of the Spanish surname Hernàndez (Hernandes in Portuguese), which, composed of the root Hernando (the Italian Fernando) and from the suffix -ez / -es (with membership value), it can be translated as Fernando's son (see Ferdinandi and Errante). In conclusion, therefore, these are the surnames of the personal names of the founders.

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


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