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SCHIFANI | SCHIFANO

Schifani, very rare, is typical of Palermo, Schifano, much more widespread, is just western Sicily, should derive from a corruption of the name Stephen, in some cases derive from names of places such as Schifanoia (TR).

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


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