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Specific to the area that includes the Sudmilano, the Lodigiano and the Cremonese, should derive from a toponym as Ranco (VA), but it can also descend from a modification of Brancati, which derives from Brancatius, a medieval name derived from the Byzantine name Pancratius. Additions provided by Giuseppe Rancati the surname is specific not only of the mentioned areas but also of the entire city of Milan, where it is already present at the beginning of the XV century (source Italian Genealogical Institute of Florence), and
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