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Sciabbica, very rare, it is specific of Palermo, the Seine is typically Sicilian also, of Agrigentino, Agrigento, Favara and Canicattì, with a strain also in Palermo, should derive from nicknames originated from the dialect Sicilian Sciabbica, to Turn derived from an alteration of the Arabic word Shabaka, a particular type of trawling network used for fishing along the shore in shallow water with small boats, which would suggest that the leaders of the trade did the fishermen.

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


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