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FARONATO | FARRONATO | FERONATO | FERRONATO

Faronato, absolutely rare, is probably due to errors of transcription of the surname Farronato which is a typical surname of the Vicenza area, Feronato, extremely rare it is probably a transcription error of Ferronato that is very common between Padua and Vicenza, it should be a form typically Venetian patronymic in-in, where the suffix stands for the son of, referring to a progenitor, whose father was named Ferrone (see FERRONE). additions provided by Gabriele Farronato The surname Farronato is typical of Romano d'Ezzelino (VI) where, however, in 1410 he appears as Dal nerva. two of this family moved to the area further upstream of the village, probably the seat of the Lombard Farra. hence the nickname

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


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