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Ottoman, absolutely rare, it would seem typical of Cetara in the Salerno area, Ottomanelli, always very rare, is typical of Bari and Bari, Ottomans, slightly less rare, has a small stock in Naples and one in Ferrandina in Matera, Ottoman, also very very rare, it is from Puglia of Palagiano in the Taranto area, Ottoman, the less rare, decidedly Pugliese, has a stock in Bari in Bari, Rutigliano and Casamassima and a stock in Taranto, all these surnames should derive, directly or through hypocoristic dialectals too, from the Arabic and Turkish name Othman, we remember with this name the third Arab caliph (644-656) belonging to the Umayyad family born in Mecca in the year 570 and also Othman I ° who ruled the Turkish empire from 1356 to 1369. additions provided by Stefano Ferrazzi The origin of these surnames is to be found in the nickname or personal Ottoman name, which, in the late- and post-medieval period, identified a provenance from the Ottoman Empire, most probably from to Turkey (capital of the Empire). In conclusion, therefore, these are the surnames of nicknames or the personal names of the founders.
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