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Tofanelli has a Florentine strain in the area between the provinces of Lucca and Florence and one Umbrian in the area of Perugia bordering the Aretino, Toffanelli, absolutely rare, is probably due to errors of transcription of the previous, Tofani is very widespread in Lazio, especially in the province of Rome, also presents a strain in the Florentine, Tofano is absolutely rare, perhaps the area between Tuscany and Abruzzo, Toffanetti is very rare, perhaps Emiliano, Toffanello is Veneto as well as the almost unique Tofanello, Toffanin is Specific to the area that includes the Padua and the neighbouring areas of Vicenza and Venetian, Toffanini is practically unique, Tufani, almost unique, is Campano, Tufano is characteristic of Neapolitan, Naples, Acerra, Saviano, Nola, Boscoreale, Somma Vesuviana, Marigliano, Sant'Anastasia, Pompei, Pomigliano d'arco, Pozzuoli, Ottaviano, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Afragola, Torre Annunziata, Boscotrecase, Poggiomarino and San Gennaro Vesuviano, with a strain also in Scafati in Salerno, should all derive, directly or through hypochoristic or dialectal modifications, from the apheresis of the name Christophanus or of its diminutive or endeament, of the use of this name one has an example in Pisa in a civic register of 1298, where a certain Tofanus Talenti appears.
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