Piccio
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Piccio is an Italian surname.
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[edit] Origin and distribution
Relatively few people possess the surname. In Italy, it occurs mostly in the areas between Turin and Milan, though higher concentrations in Perugia suggest Umbrian origins.[1] Branches of the Piccio family can also be found in Argentina, Chile, France, the Philippines, Switzerland, and the United States.
[edit] Occurence within the Jewish community
The surname also occurs within the Jewish community of Rome[2] and had been noted as one of the most frequently occuring in legal documents between the 16th and 19th centuries.[3] It is uncertain, however, whether the Jewish and non-Jewish surname holders are one clan or if the former acquired the surname independently.
[edit] People
Notable members include:
- Giuseppe Piccio, Italian linguist of the Venetian language;
- Juan Carlo Piccio, Philippine swimmer;
- Osvaldo Piccio, former spokesman for former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos;
- Pier Ruggero Piccio, Italian World War I general and founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force;
- Vicente Piccio, Jr., Philippine major general and Marcos-era Air Force Chief.
Piccio is also the first name or pseudonym of:
- Giovanni Carnovali, Italian painter better known as Il Piccio;
- Danilo “Piccio” Innocenti, Italian athlete;
- Piccio Raffanini, Italian film director.
[edit] References
- ^ Cognomi. GENS. Accessed November 15, 2006.
- ^ Kessin, Zachary. (Ed.) Table of names. Names of Jews in Rome in the 1550s. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ^ Surnames of the Jews in Rome. Jewish Genealogy in Italy. Accessed December 1, 2006.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Apellidos Italianos, Italian genealogy in Spanish
