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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : habitational name from any of various places called Bazzano, in Bologna, L’Aquila (Abruzzo), Perugia (Umbria), and Parma (Emilia-Romagna). The place name is derived from the Latin personal name Badius + the suffix -anu (later -ano), indicating ownership.

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