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Moliterni is very common in Lucania, in Matera and in Tolve in the Potenza area, in the Bari area in Gravina in Puglia in particular, Noci and Alberobello and in Taranto, and in Tortora, Praia a Mare, Aieta and Canna in the Cosenza area and in Crotone, Moliterno, less common, it has a stock in Naples, and in Corleto Monforte in the Salerno area, one in Tolve in the Potenza area and one in Monopoli and Gravina in Puglia in the Bari area, Molitierno is specific to the Caserta area, Aversa, Casaluce, Teverola, Gricignano di Aversa, San Marcellino, Carinaro and Villa Literno, Molterni is now unique, they all derive directly or through dialectal modifications from the toponym Moliterno in the Potentino, it should derive from the Latin term mulctrum (the bucket for milking), from which mulcternum would have derived, which would have given the name Moliterno, as a milking place for sheep and goats, the Moliterno pecorino would be a legacy of this ancient custom.
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