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SCELBA | SCERBA | SCERBO

Scelba, very very rare, it would seem specific to Caltagirone in Catania and Mistretta in Messina, Scerba, almost unique, it would seem Sicilian, Scerbo has a small Neapolitan strain and one in the Catanzaro, Marcellinara, Catanzaro and carafe of Catanzaro And in the island of Capo Rizzuto, Cureo and Crotone in Crotonese, a hypothesis on the derivation of these surnames suggests that they can derive from nicknames originated from the medieval Germanic scher (mole), while a second proposes a Francoalsatian origin from a Nickname born from the term Scherer (barber or shearing of animals).

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


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