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Sciuti, almost unique, it seems due to errors of transcription of Sciutti (see SCIUTTI) or Sciuto, which is a surname typically Sicilian, with an important strain in Catania, but also present to a significant extent in the Ragusano and Syracusan, in the Messinese, Ennese, Palermo and Trapani, Sciutteri is typical of Messina, you can propose two hypotheses, the first is that it is a nickname attributed to the ancestor, originated from the dialect of Sciuto (dry), while according to others it could be hypothesized Derivation from the apheresis of the term Nìesciuto (released, but also born, Scion). Integrations provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Sciuto is a Sicilian surname from the dialectal voice ' sciutu ' = exited.

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


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