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Gallotta is distributed in spots of leopard throughout Italy, it would seem to have a nicleo between the provinces of Naples and Salerno and one in the Lodigiano and Milanese, Gallotti has a stock between Milan and Pavia, with nuclei also in the Varese area, in the province of L'Aquila and in the Neapolitan dialect, Gallottini is quite rare of the Milanese, Galotta is originally from the area of Potenza. All these surnames have different origins, some derive from the medieval name Galeotto, others, perhaps, from toponyms with the root term Gallo. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Gallotta is a Lucanian surname present in Matera, Metaponto, Potenza and often elsewhere, including Calabria and Naples: it means 'woman of the Gallo family'. Source: G. Rohlfs, Dictionary of historical surnames in Lucania, 1985.
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