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FALCHI | FALCO | FALCON | FALCONCINI | FALCONE | FALCONETTI | FALCONI | FALCONIERI

Falchi is Sardinian, but with strains also in Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, Falco is present throughout Italy, except Sardinia and the central belt, Falcon is typical of the Portogruaro (VE) area, Falconcini, absolutely rare, is typical of Pisa , of Palaia and Pontedera in particular, Falcone is from around the central south, Falconetti could be from Lazio and Bari, Falconi is from central north and Sardinia, Falconieri is from the Salento peninsula, these surnames have multiple derivations, they can derive, directly or through hypocorisms or accretive, from the ancient Greek name Phalces or from the late Latin Falco and Falconius, to the Falcard of the Franks, to the Germanic Falk, to the medieval Falco and Falcone, as well as some instead derive from toponyms such as: Falconara Albanese (CS), Falconara (AN ) and Falcone (ME), others can finally descend from the activity of falconer, that is, those who train hawks to hunt.

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


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De Falco
Variations Last name: Falco
Nobles: Italia (Sicilia)
Nobility: Nobili - Baroni
Language of the text: Italiano

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Variations Last name: de Falco - Falchi
Nobles: Italia (Piemonte - Calabria - Sicilia)
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri - Baroni - Marchesi
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Variations Last name: Falco
Nobles: España (Valencia - Cataluña - Baleares)
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros
Language of the text: Español

Falco
Nobles: Italia (Calabria)
Nobility: Nobili - Patrizi
Language of the text: Italiano

Falcó De Belaochaga
Variations Last name: Falcò Pio
Nobles: España - Italia (Vizcaya - Baleares)
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros - Condes - Marqueses
Language of the text: Español

Falco Pio
Variations Last name: Falcó de Belaochaga - Falcò Pio
Nobles: Italia - Francia - Spagna
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Falcò Pio
Variations Last name: Falcó de Belaochaga - Pio Falcò
Nobles: Italia - Spagna
Nobility: Nobili - Signori - Patrizi - Conti - Marchesi - Baroni - Duchi - Principi - Grandi di Spagna
Language of the text: Italiano

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Nobles: France (Provence)
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Language of the text: Français

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