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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : of uncertain derivation; it could be an occupational name either for a seller or producer of hemp, from an agent derivative of cànepa ‘hemp’ (see Canepa), or for the keeper of an inn or wine cellar, from an agent derivative of caneva, canova ‘cellar’, ‘pantry’, ‘tavern’, ‘wine shop’.

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