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Sarrubba, Sarrubbi and Sarrubbo, very very rare, they are Neapolitan, Sarubbi is specific to the area of Lucano, Cosentina, Lauria, Francavilla in Sinni and Latronico in Potentino, Stigliano, San Giorgio Lucano and Matera in the Matera and Verbicaro, Santa Maria del Cedro , Orsomarso, Francavilla Marittima and Scalea in Cosentino, Sarubbo, much less widespread, is specific to the Ionian, Tortora and Praia a Mare in the Cosentino, for these surnames there are two types of hypothesis, the first is that they can derive from altered apheretic forms of Nicknames originated from the term Casa Rubia (Red House), perhaps to indicate a characteristic of the dwelling of the ancestor, the second hypothesis, the most likely, proposes a derivation from the Arabic name Sharrub or Sharub, name that derives from the Arabic word that has originated our word syrup.

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


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