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Atella, very rare, is typical of the Potentino area, with presences also in Campania, Latella has a stock in the area that includes the Benevento area, the Foggia area and the Potenza area, with a stock also in the Reggio area, Latelli, almost unique, would seem to be from the Catanzaro area, and it would seem to be the fruit of errors of transcription of the previous one, whose etymological origin could come from the name of the potentine town of Atella, which could be the ancient place of origin of all the founders, the custom of putting the article before the name of the country of origin and widespread in Basilicata. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli LATELLA, (LA TELLA) - Lucanian surname but also from Calabria, Sicily and Naples; cfr. Calabrian voice 'tella' (tiella) = pan, pan; Tella is also a toponym (fosso) near Caserta, and a surname in Catalonia. Source: G. Rohlfs, Dictionary of historical surnames in Lucania, 1985.
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