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Gavi is decidedly Ligurian, from Imperia and Genoa, Gavio is typical of the Alessandria area, Castelnuovo Scrivia, Alessandria and Tortona, Gavioli is typical of the area that includes the Veronese, Mantua, Modena, Bologna, Ferrara and Rovigo, Gavotti, very very rare, has small stocks between Savona and Genoa and in the Milanese area, Gavotto is specific of the Cuneo area, Mondovì, Roccaforte Mondovì and Chiusa di Pesio, all these surnames should derive directly or through hypocoristic in -ottus, from the Latin nomen Gavius or from his hypocoristic Gaviolus, or from the Gens Gavia, well established in the area of Mantua, Verona, could also derive from toponyms like Gavi in the Alessandria area, both directly and as ethnic, but it is also possible that they derive directly
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