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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from an augmentative of the personal name Figo, which may be a pet form of Federico. The surname occurs in northern Italy and Tuscany, where Germanic names are commonly Italianized with the suffix -igo (for example Arrigo, Alberigo).

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