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MUSCI | MUSCO

Musci is typically Apulian, where it is widespread especially in the Bari area, in Bisceglie, in Santeramo in Colle and in Corato, it also has a stock in Spoleto in the Perugia area and in Rome, Musco is present in Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily, the origin should be Neapolitan, even if there are traces of noble Musco in Lecce since 1500, and in Barletta the list of patrician families shows the Musco of Amalfi origin, they could derive from the Roman Gens Mucia, it is also feasible for both a derivation from nicknames originated from the Latin word muscus (moss).

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


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