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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian and Jewish (from Italy) : habitational name from Milan, Italian Milano (from Latin Mediolan(i)um, composed of Celtic elements meaning ‘middle’ + ‘plain’).
  • In some instances the surname may be Spanish, of the same origin as 1 or a habitational name from Milano in Salamanca province.

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