Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

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FOFANO | FOFFANI | FOFFANO

Foffani, absolutely rare, is from Paduan, Fofano, almost unique, is Venetian, Foffano is typical of the Venetian, of Venice, Spinea, Martellago and Salzano, with a stock also in Mogniano Veneto in the Treviso area, should derive from a nickname attributed to the founders , originated from the Venetian term archaic fòfano (clumsy, malfatto), but it is also so called a type of wild duck of little value, perhaps to mean that the recipient of the nickname had this characteristic.

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