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Sordi
ref: 14164

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Inquartato: nel primo e quarto d'oro, all'aquila di nero, coronata del campo; nel secondo e terzo d'argento, al leone di rosso, coronato d'oro, quello del terzo punto rivoltato; sul tutto uno scudetto di azzurro, alla fascia in divisa di rosso, sormontata da una cometa d'oro, in palo, accostata da due semivoli addossati d'argento.

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SORDI | SORDO | SORDON | SURDI | SURDO

Sordi has strains in Lombardy, in Trevisan, in Tuscany and in the area of the provinces of Rome and Frosinone, Sordo has strains in Piemone, in western Veneto and Trentino, Sordon seems specific of Vazzola (TV), Surdi, very rare, has a strain in the Caserta and one in Palermitano, Surdo has a nucleus trapani and one in Puglia, should all derive from nicknames originated from a physical defect of the ancestor, but it is also possible a connection with behavioral characteristics. Traces of these cognominizations are found in Valtellina in a register of 1502: "... Ecce quaternus omnium datorum et receptorum factus in Caniparia Gotardini de Surdo caniparii taberne maioris... ".

Bibliographic source "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/

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