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Messi has a Lombard lineage in Ponte San Pietro in the Bergamo area, which has spread to Milan and the rest of the two provinces, and a lineage from the Marche region to Macerata and Recanati, spread throughout the province and to Ancona, Messo is almost unique, Means, very rare, it could have more than one stock, at least three can be assumed, one in Salento, one in the Parma area and one in the upper Brescia area, they could derive directly or through dialectal variations from the Germanic name Metzel and, in some cases derive from the name of the Gallen people of the Metzis (those who gave their name to the city of Metz in France), perhaps veteran legionaries to whom the land was attributed on the occasion of the dismissal, but it is also possible a derivation from the fact that the forefather did the trade (messenger).

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


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