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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : according to Caracausi this is a patronymic from a Genoese equivalent of Luxardo, linked with the Sardinian personal name Luxorio, Lussorio, which was borne by a soldier martyred during the persecution of Diocletian; San Lussorio is the patron of numerous places in the provinces of Nuoro and Oristano.

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