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Mussa is widespread in the Lombardy, Piedmont, Turin and Asti areas and in Crema in the Cremona area and in Milan, Mussi is concentrated in Lombardy in particular in Lissone and Milan in Milan, Cremona and Bergamo, and in Emilia especially in Parma, Musso is typical of Piedmont and Liguria, with important stocks also in Sicily, they should derive from the Latin cognomen Mutius or from the nomen Mucius and Mucia, we remember the famous Gaio Mucio Cordo otherwise known as Muzio Scevola (see MUCCILLI), but it is also possible, above all for the Sicilian stocks, which in some cases derive from nicknames. additions provided by Daniele Zaia could also derive from the dialectal word "muss, mussa", ass, donkey. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli The Latin personalities Mussa (fem. and masculine) and Mussius, linked to the verb musso-mussare «borbottare», are the origin of the surnames Mussi and Mussio. For Mussati it goes back to the proper name Mussatus (Mussatus est qui mussat), while Mussini is diminutive in -ino of Mussa or Mussius. The diffusion of these surnames in Modena, Sassuolo and Carpi, where Mussatti is also present, is noteworthy. Source: F. Violi, surnames in Modena and Modena, 1996.

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

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