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Papetti could have a nucleus in Lombardy and perhaps one in Lazio, Papi is typical of central Italy, Papotti is from the area of Mantua in Emilia, Quistello, Mantova, Moglia and Roncoferraro in Mantua and Concordia in the Secchia, Modena and Carpi in Modena , of Parma and Noceto in the Parma area and of San Giovanni in Persiceto in the Bologna area, Papotto is decidedly Sicilian, in particular of the Catania area, of Biancavilla, Randazzo, Bronte and Catania, Papucci is Tuscan, of Florence and of Florence, in Campi Bisenzio, Scandicci and Certaldo, of Livorno, of Capannori in Lucca and of Cascina and Pisa in Pisa, Papuccio, almost unique, is also Tuscan, all these surnames derive, directly or through various hypocoristic forms, from apheretic modifications of the name Jacopo, or of the name Lapo, who first become Papo and then ...

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


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