Falasca is specific to Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise, Falaschi is typical of the belt that includes Tuscany, Romagna Marche up to Macerata, Umbria and upper Lazio, could derive from a modification of the ethnic falisci (population originating from central Italy) or even derive from a nickname originated from the Falasca word (sort of straw used to produce chairs, flasks and carboys, or locality names. We find this surname in Rome in 1600 with the Dominican friar Basilius Falasca. Supplements provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Falasca is surname also from Basilicata, according to G. Rohlfs it comes from the Calabrese 'falasca' =
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