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Borri is widespread throughout central Italy and in the western part of northern Italy, Borrini has stocks in Lombardy including Varese, Milan and Cremona, Piacenza, Carrara and La Spezia and in Rome, Borrino and Borrone seem specific to Pozzuoli (NA) , Borro, present in Santhià and Tronzano Vercellese in the Vercelli and Garbagna (AL) regions, has a stock in San Remo and Vallecrosia (IM) and in the Savona area in Pallare, Carcare and Pietra Ligure, but the main core is in Velletri (RM) , Borroni has the main nucleus in Lombardy in Milan in Milan, Solaro, Lainate, Cesate, Cogliate, Legnano, Bollate, Garbagnate Milanese and Rho, and in Varese in Saronno, Origgio, astellanza, Caronno Pertusella and Uboldo, and in the Como area at Turate , has a small stock in Trieste and one, probably secondary, in the Ancona area, should derive from the medieval nickname, which later became the name, Borro, Borronis of which we have an example in Milan in a Brief investiture feuds of 1150: "... Year inca dominice rnationis milleximo centeximo quinquageximo, cante februarii, indictione tertiadecima. Presentia bonorum hominum, quorum nomination subter leguntur, for lignum et pergamenum, quod in its tenebat manu, Guidottus qui dicitur Borro, filius quondam Alberti, investivit for feudum Guasconem ... ", in some cases could also derive from toponyms Borro (AR) or Borroni (PG) or even from the term borro (large moat) perhaps to indicate a proximity of a large moat or canal to the family home.
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