Both are typically Calabrian, from Catanzaro, Reggio and Vibonese, La Scala is from Lamezia Terme in the Catanzaro area and Mileto in the Vibo area with presences in the Reggio area, Lascala is from Mileto in the Vibo area and Bianco in the Reggio area, they could derive from the name of the town of Scala Coeli in the Cosenza area, perhaps the place of origin of the founders.
Scala is a Panitaliano surname, with many nuclei, in Verona, in Sudmilano and Lodigiano, in Genoa, in Bolognese, in Neapolitan and, in Sicily, in Catania, Syracuse and Ragusano, Scali has a Genoese strain, a Tuscan one, especially concentrated in Leghorn, Pisa, Florence and Siena, and one in the Reggino, should derive from the various toponyms containing the scale root, such as: Isle of the Staircase in Verona, La Scala in Pisa, Madonna of La Scala in Turin, Santa Maria La Scala in Neapolitan, Scala (ME)-(SA)-(CS), and So many others, but it is also possible a derivation from the Germanic medieval name Schal.
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