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Iosca is specific to the area that includes the Bari and Basilicata, with maximum concentration in Ruvo di Puglia in the Bari area, with a stock also in the Roman and Latin dialects, Iosco, extremely rare, would seem to be of the Potentino, Josca, also extremely rare, he would appear to be from Bari. integration provided by Stefano Ferrazzi In all probability, the surnames Iosca and Iosco arise from an adaptation of the Slavic name Joska (with a variant in Josko), which, by means of the suffix -ka / -ko (of hypocoristic value), consists of a abbreviation of the original Josip, the Italian Giuseppe (see Giuseppa): the exit in -a, to be precise, is not necessarily to be understood as a feminine suffix, since the Slavic onomastics usually recurs to the ending -a in the masculine names, often in hypocoristic forms. In conclusion, therefore, these would be the surnames of the personal names of the founders. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli IOSCA - JOSCA
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