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Maran is typical of the Veneto, Paduan and Vicenza in particular, and of the Udine area, Marana is typical of the Vicenza area and of the Verona area and should derive from the toponym Marano Vicentino (VI), Maranesi has stumps in the Milan and Como areas, in the Brescia area, in the Bologna area and in the Macerata area, Marani is widespread in the provinces of Milan and Mantua, in the Verona, Emilia and Marche regions and should have a stock also in the province of Rome, Maranini is specific to Emilia, Ferrara and Portomaggiore in the Ferrara area and to Imola and Bologna in the Bologna area, Marano is a panitalian surname, although more concentrated in the centrosud, they should all derive, directly or through ethnic or hypocoristic, from toponyms containing the entry ..marano, moreover widespread, such as: Marano (TN), (VR ), (VE), (PR), (BO), (PE), (AQ), (NA), (BN) and so many others, Maranello (MO), Marano dei Marsi (AQ), Marano di Napoli ( NA), Marano Equo (RM), Marano Marchesato (CS), etc. or from their ethnic, but it is also possible a derivation from the medieval name Maranus of which we have an example in a commutacionis map of 1222 where we read: "..Dominus Maranus de Roche de Urino ...".
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