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Maiocca is practically unique, Maiocchi is specific to the area identified by the provinces of Milan, Pavia and Lodi, Majocchi, decidedly less common, it is an archaic form of the previous one, Maiocco, quite rare, has a stock in Piedmont, Turin, Asti and Cuneo. , and in Liguria, Savona and Genoa, one in the Theatine and one in the Foggia area, Majocco, extremely rare, is from Turin, the origin of these surnames may be from the archaic dialect word Milanese maiocch, which would seem to be derived from the Celtic magos (plowed field ), a term that indicates a good meal, a name normally attributed to land with abundant and rich forage, probably characteristic of the place of origin of the families, even today, in the Milanese there are farms called Maiocca, Majocchina and the like.
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