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Caraffa
Variations Last name: Carafa - Carafa della Spina - Caraffa della Spina - Caraffa della Stadera

Nobles: Italia (Stato Pontificio - Regno Di Napoli - Regno Di Sicilia)
Nobility: Principi - Duchi - Conti - Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano
Carafa Della Spina
Variations Last name: Caraffa della Spina

Nobles: Italia (Regno Di Napoli - Regno Di Sicilia)
Nobility: Principi - Conti
Language of the text: Italiano

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Caraffa
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D'azzurro, a tre fascie di rosso sormontate in capo da un monte di tre cime d'oro, accompagnato da una croce cavalleresca dello stesso.

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CARAFA | CARAFFA

Carafa has three strains, one Abruzzese in the province of Chieti and two Apulian in the province of Foggia and Lecce, Caraffa is distributed throughout Italy and it would seem to be from Sicily one stock and Basilicata another, should derive from toponyms such as Caraffa (RC) - (CZ).

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

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