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Ticca is definitely Sardinian, with a large strain in Nuoro, but well present in the Nuoro also in Oliena, Dorgali and Macomer, with a strain also in Sassari and Cagliari, should derive from a nickname based on the Sardinian term Ticca (refusal, but also pickaxe), perhaps to Indicate that the ancestor made use of a pickaxe for his work, or simply that he was an obstinate type. Additions provided by Giuseppe Concas TICCA: Ticca, in Logudorese is the hen (infant voice): Ticca, Ticca! It is obviously an onomatopoeia, present in some dialects of southern Italy, for example in Lucania. In Campidanese The term ticca is synonymous of piccu = denial, refusal: Pigai Ticca or Pigai piccu, have the meaning to refuse, to be in dissent with. No we found the surname in the ancient maps of the Sardinian language and history, which we consulted. Currently the surname Ticca is present in 30 Italian municipalities, of which 15 in Sardinia: Nuoro 193, Oliena 54, Sassari35, Cagliari 21, etc. In the peninsula, Rome with 20, counts the highest number.
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