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PEYRACHIA

Very very rare it is typical of the Cuneo area. additions provided by Stefano Ferrazzi Rare, a native of Cuneo, Peyrachia is almost certainly a surname of foreign origin: it should be treated, that is, of the Italianization of the French surname Peyrache, present mostly in the Loire and in the neighboring departments. As for its meaning, it is a surname of topographical origin: the ancient French peyrache means, in fact, stony ground, stony ground, thus indicating the conformation of the territory from which the progenitor came.

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


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