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Mecca would seem to be specific of the area around Avigliano, Filiano and Potenza itself, Mecchi has a nucleus between Lucca and Camaiore (LU), one in the Verona area and one in Rome, Micchi would appear to be specific to Castelnuovo Di Garfagnana (LU), Micca has a stock in Turin , one in Potenza and one in Orta Nova (FG), Mecco, absolutely rare, it would seem Roman, Micco has a nucleus in the Udine area of Tarcento and one in Benevento and one in Dragoni (CE), they should all derive from modifications of the form apheresis of the name Domenicus or Dominicus. additions provided by Stefano Ferrazzi Mecca, present from the north to the south of the country, has an epicenter in the Potentino area, Mecchi has a greater stock in the Lucca area and minor stocks in the Veronese, Neapolitan and Pesaro (PU), Mecco, very rare, seems to originate from Crevacuore (BI), Micca has a main nucleus between Turin, Cuneo and Asti and secondary nuclei in the area of Potenza, Foggia, Lecce, Syracuse and Catania, Micchi is predominantly Tuscan, with a major lineage in Lucca, Micco is more widespread in Benevento and Caserta and, to a lesser extent, in Udine, but is present at low frequency from north to south of the peninsula, all these surnames derive from the medieval name Mecco or Micco, one of the many contractions, that is, of the name Domenico, with the meaning of consecrated to the Lord (from the Latin dominus); among the other contracted forms of this personnel, we recall, for example, Mengo and Mingo, which gave rise to several surnames widespread above all in peninsular Italy. From a historical point of view, the famous Piedmontese patriot Pietro Micca (born in Sagliano, Biella, in 1677 and died in Turin in 1706), remembered for his heroic gesture that saved his life by saving Turin from the French siege during the War of Spanish Succession: even today, at the distance of three hundred years, the figure of Micca enjoys a certain fame in Piedmont, so much so that in Turin, for several decades now, a museum has been opened in his honor. Regarding the surnames in question, however, these are the surnames of personal names of the founders.
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