Here are the twenty most common surnames for italian families living in Italy:
| Pos. |
Surname |
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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Rossi
Russo
Ferrari
Esposito
Bianchi
Romano
Colombo
Ricci
Marino
Greco
Bruno
Gallo
Conti
De Luca
Costa
Giordano
Mancini
Rizzo
Lombardi
Moretti
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Even if Rossi is the most common last name in Italy (over 68'000 families), the name Mario Rossi (the italian equivalent of John Doe) isn't the most common name; here you find the 7 most common names and surnames:
| Pos. |
name |
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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Giuseppe Russo
Antonio Russo
Antonio Esposito
Giuseppe Rossi
Salvatore Russo
Francesco Russo
Giuseppe Esposito
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Longest surnames (Source: Italian White Pages)
18 letters
Tschurtschenthaler
17 letters
Pasquadibisceglie, Di Francescantonio
15 letters
Monterubbianesi, Mastrofrancesco, Mastroberardino
14 letters
Abbracciavento, Castrogiovanni, Canavacciuolo, Colafranceschi
Shortest surnames (Source: Italian White Pages)
Bo, Pe, Po, Re, Wu, My, Mo, Hu.