Compostella has a Trentino core especially in Spiazzo, a Venetian in the Vicenza area in Bassano del Grappa and Nove and in the Treviso area in Castello di Godego and a Neapolitan lineage, it could derive from the toponym Santiago de Compostela, capital of Galicia in Spain, home to a very famous Sanctuary. , in many cases these are surnames attributed by popular devotion to foundlings entrusting them to the protection of San Giacomo.
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