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VENTRELLA | VENTRELLI | VENTRELLO

Ventrella is typically Apulian, of Bari, Putignano, Turi, Modugno, Barletta, Triggiano, Valenzano, Gioia del Colle and Castellana Grotte in the Barese, Lucera, Cagnano Varano, Ischitella and Cerignola in Foggiano, Fasano in Brindisi and Castellaneta in Tarantino, with a strain in Vasto in the Teatino, Ventrelli, much rarer, has an apulian strain in Bari and Taranto and Montescaglioso in the Materano, Ventrello, almost unique, is of the Foggiano, should derive from nicknames attributed to the parent of the body quite Fat. Traces of these cognitive-ominizations are found in the Bari in Conversano since the second half of 1600.

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


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