1. Home
  2. Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames


Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames


LO | LOMANTO | MANTO

The Manto is typically Sicilian, of Mussomeli in the nisseno, of Canicattì and Casteltermini in the Agrigento, of Enna, of Palermo and of Syracuse, Lomanto is characteristic of Mussomeli in the nisseno, with a stock also in Paterno in the potentino, they should derive from nicknames based on the Greek term ??????, ??????? mantis, manteos (magician, soothsayer, prophet), indicating that the founders exercised the craft of soothsayers.

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


Buy a heraldic document with your coat of arms



Verba Volant, Scripta Manent
(Spoken words fly away, written words remain)
Examples of Heraldic Documents
Order now a Professional Heraldic Document

We are making the world's largest digital archive of coats of arms
Make sure Your Family will be in it

Go to Catalog