Passante has a stock in Naples and Marano di Napoli, Melito di Napoli and Mugnano di Napoli in the Neapolitan dialect, a strain in Brindisi in Brindisi, Mesagne and San Vito dei Normanni and a very small one in Catanzaro and Sellia in Catanzaro, Passanti, much more rare, it has a small stock in the Ravenna area of Bagnacavallo and Ravenna, and one in Catanzaro, Passantini, almost unique, it would appear in the Campania region, Basilicata, Passantino has some sparse presence in Campania, but it is typically Sicilian from Palermo, in particular from Palermo and of Misilmeri and Ciminna, they should derive, directly or through hypocoristic forms, from the archaic passing term (ferryman) or from a contracted form of the archaic name Passannante (see PASSANNANTE). additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Passanti is a rare panitalian surname, also present in Naples where it could be derived from the homonymous toponyms in Naples, fraction of Boscoreale, and fraz. of Terzigno. The nickname, then surname, derives from the ancient trade of those who "ferryed", had travelers pass by a boat from one bank of the river to the other. In upper Italy: PASSATORE. In Sicily: PASSAFIUME
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