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Gerace
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Inquartato; nel primo e quarto di rosso, col capo d'oro (che è di Ventimiglia); nel secondo e terzo d'azzurro alla banda scaccata di rosso e d'argento (che è dei Gerace).

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GERACE

Gerace is specific to Calabria, it derives from the toponym Gerace (RC) or from Gerace Marina the modern Locri (RC), traces of this surname occur in the second half of the 1600s in Bovalino (RC) with the notary notary Horatius Ranerius de Gerace. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Gerace, Geraci is a Calabrian surname, Italianization of the Greek surname Gerakis, which comes from the term 'ieràki' = sparrow hawk. The derivation from Calabrese and Sicilian toponyms is also possible.

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

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