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Jupiter has a large Apulian stock, in particular in Sant'Eramo in Colle in the Bari area, but also in Bari, Taranto and Brindisi, and one in Naples and Avella in the Avellino area, Giovina is almost unique, Giovini is specific to Modena and Modena, Giovino has a small Roman stock, one in the Avellino area and one between Palermo and Nyssa, Giovio, absolutely rare, has a stock in the Lecco area, all these surnames could derive, directly or through hypocoristic names from the medieval name Iovis or Giovius of which we have an example in Veneto in the second half of the 1300s with the public notary Mainardo son of Giovio di Serravalle di Ala in Trentino, or even more simply, and more likely, from names originated from the fact of being the progenitors born on the day of iovis or giovis ( Thursday), in some cases the surnames have toponymic origins and derive from the various country names containing the root Giove, such as Jupiter in the Terni area, Campo di Giove nell'aquilano, Collegiove in the Rieti area or Casagiove in the Caserta area.
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