Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

LEVANTE | LEVANTI

Levante, has a stock in the Neapolitan, one in Salento and one in Scicli (RG), it should derive from an indicative of the place of origin, Levanti extremely rare should be of distant Ligurian origin, in Liguria towards the end of 1400 we find a Tommaso Levanti , probably so called because it comes from the east. After moving to Sicily in the 1500s, the patrician family entered positions of power alongside the local nobility.

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Levante
Nobles: Italia (Liguria - Sicilia)
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri
Language of the text: Italiano