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Pellecchia is widespread in the range that includes the Roman, the frusinate, the Caserta, the Neapolitan, the Avellino and the Salerno, with a relevant stock also in Puglia, in the Foggia, Bari, Taranto, Brindisi and Lecce, should derive in some cases from the name of Mount Pellecchia in Lazio, whose name derives from the Latin penniculum (small steep hill), in the other cases it should derive from the dialectal term Campano Pellecchia (gut, elastic skin), perhaps to characterize some sides of the progenitor's physical appearance , or even for the job of the pork butcher he did. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Pellecchia is a surname mainly from Campania, but very common also in Puglia, Lucania and is present in the North. Pellècchia means 'film'.
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