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GROTTAGLIE | LE | LEGROTTAGLIE

Both from Puglia, Le Grottaglie, the rarest of the two, has small stocks in Fasano and Ostuni in Brindisi, Bari and Mottola in the Taranto area, Legrottaglie is specific to Brindisi, Fasano and Ostuni, with small stocks also in San Vito dei Normanni , Carovigno and Cisternino and Mottola nel tarentino and Bari and Palo del Colle in the Bari area. additions provided by Srefano Ferrazzi The origin of these surnames is to be found in the tarantina toponymy and, more precisely, in the municipality of Grottaglie, which, in the Apulian territory, is also known as Le Grottaglie - Li Vurtagghj, according to the dialectical pronunciation.

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


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