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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian and Jewish (from Italy) : habitational name from the Adriatic port of Ancona, which was founded by Greek refugees from Syracuse in about 390 bc. Its name is derived from Greek ankōn ‘elbow’, with reference to the shape of the cape on which it is situated.

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