Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

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FARACE | FARACI

Farace has various stocks, in Campania, in the Neapolitan area in Anacapri, Naples, Herculaneum and Capri, and in Salerno, in the Cosenza area in Santa Maria del Cedro, Verbicaro, Orsomarso and Scalea, and in Sicily in Trapani and Altavilla Milicia in Palermo, Faraci, of Sicilian origin, it is widespread throughout the island, with maximum concentration in Barrafranca in the province of Enna, in Alcamo in the Trapani area, in Palermo and Monreale in the Palermo area, in Gela and Mazzarino in Nisseno and Floridia in the Syracuse area, they should derive from nicknames from the Arabic word faragh (happy, happy). additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Farace is a Sicilian, Calabrian and Neapolitan surname from the toponym (valley) Farace near Castroreale (ME), from the Greek 'charaki' = engraving, or, according to GB Pellegrini, from the Arabic 'fara?' = joy.

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Faraci
Nobles: Italia (Regno Di Sicilia)
Nobility: Baroni
Language of the text: Italiano