Heraldic Search Last name: CHIVU

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Chivasso
ref: 792

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(Italiano)

Troncato di rosso e d'argento, ciascun punto ad una chiave, dell'uno nell'altro; quella inferiore rivoltata.

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CHIVU

A rare last name in the Padua area. additions and clarifications provided by Giacomo Ganza / Villa di Tirano (SO) It is a Romanian surname, which is present in numerous provinces of the Balkan country, together with Chivulescu. The cognominal form with U-termination could be misleading, suggesting the doubt about a possible Sardinian origin, to be excluded.

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

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