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Milo seems to have two stocks, one main in Campania between Naples and Salerno and one in Salento, with a probable strain perhaps extinct in Sicily, Milon is almost unique, typical of the south, Milone is widespread in Campania, Sicily and Puglia, Miloni, very much rare, it would seem Roman, could derive from the Latin name of Greek origin Milo - Milonis, name of which there is an example in a deed of May 1061 taken from the Diplomatic Code Bresciano, where it reads among other things: "... 1061 de mensei madii Milo et Dominicus eius filius atque Berta and Serenga iugales, filia quondam Gisilberti, habitatores in loco de Lodrono, donaverunt monasterio Sancti Petri in Monte pro mercede animarum suarum de omnibus eorum bonis que habent in plebis de Nebulento, loco de Serlis. .. ", but it is also possible that in some cases it may derive from a toponym of Magna Grecia referring to the island of Milo made famous by Venus, such as Milo (CT).
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