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Ghi would seem of the Asti area, Ghia, also present in Piedmont and Liguria, it would seem to be from Pavia, Ghio, typical of the areas of Alessandria, bordering Liguria, has an original nucleus also in the Cuneo area, it could derive from the medieval name of the Languedoc Guigo or from the Italian medieval name Ghino. additions provided by Caterina Ghio the surname Ghio should derive from a migration of fishermen (called Guillot) from the area of Sete (Gulf of Lion) in Liguria in 1600. additions provided by Stefano Ferrazzi Ghia, typical of western Italy, is widespread mostly between Pavia, Asti, Turin and Genoa, Ghi, more rare, is mainly Piedmontese, Ghio, also typical of the north-west of the country, has major stocks in the Genoese, in the Alessandria area, in the Cuneo area, in the Brescia and Mantua, all three of these surnames derive from the medieval name Ghio, a variant of the more common Guido: it is, in effect, the Italianization of the Germanic personal Wido, whose meaning is now completely uncertain (very different and discordant are the the interpretations one has in this regard). To be precise, however, it must be remembered that Ghio does not directly derive either from Guido or from Wido, but from the French Guy (pronounce: Ghi): as in the case of several surnames for the most part northern (especially Piedmontese), also here we are faced with names originally French and later Italianized; it is curious, however, to note that many of these names, although they come from France, are however of Germanic origin, so that, as soon as they are introduced in our country, we often find ourselves with real 'duplicates' of the same name (it is the case, in fact, of Ghio-Guido, as well as of other ancient names such as Beltrando-Beltramo, Berlingero-Berengario, Gerbaudo-Garibaldo, Oberto-Adalberto, etc). Regarding the surnames in question, it is still the surnames of the personal names of the founders. additions provided by Vittorio Ghio the surname Ghio is an Italianization of the name Guy or French Guillot or Wid Germanic, belongs to people expelled from Spain at the time of the expulsion of the Moors and the Jews, then stopped for a long time
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