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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : according to Caracausi, from a metathesized variant of camarruni ‘spurge’ (sp. Euphorbia), but perhaps also a metathesized form of Cammaro, an occupational name, found exclusively in Sicily, from Arabic ̣hammār ‘muleteer’ or khammār ‘wine merchant’.

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