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Gorga has a core between Salerno and Potentino in Roccadaspide (SA) and Salerno and Vietri di Potenza (PZ) with an important strain also in Rome and Bari, Gorghi is practically unique, Gorgo is absolutely rare,, La Gorga is specific to Magliano Vetere in the Salerno area, they could derive from modifications of the name Gregorio or Giorgio, but most probably derive from toponyms such as Gorga in the Roman or Gorga di Stio in the Salerno area, places that should derive their name from the Latin term gurges (source), could also derive from others names of localities characterized by the presence of a gorgo or deep pond or well, it is also possible a connection with a nickname based on the word archaic gorga (greed) originated by behavioral characteristics of the progenitor. additions provided by Evelina Siniscalchi In documents of 1753, an ancestor of the current Gorga family of Monteforte Cilento (SA), is
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