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Berton is typical of the Veneto region, Bertona is specific to the area of Borgomanero and Cressa in the Novara area, Bertone is typical of Piedmont and western Liguria, with a stock also in the Neapolitan and Isernian, Bertoni is typical of Lombardy, Emilia and eastern Liguria, with strains also in the Northwestern and Udinese Tuscany, derive from modifications of the medieval name Bertus (see Bertè), a modification of which we have traces already in the Lombard period, as we can read in a deed of 753 drawn up in Piacenza, where we can read: "... Signum + manus Bertoni filio quondam Antonino uiri honesti exercitalis testis ... ", could also derive from the term bertone which in medieval times indicated who had the ears cut off or even who was the son of a woman of malfeasance. additions provided by Daniele Zaia Alternative etymology for these surnames could refer to the medieval term bertone, with this term the Italians until 1400 indicated the merchants coming from Northern Europe.
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