Melfi
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Melfi (plural Melfis)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Melfi is the 24186th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1039 individuals. Melfi is most common among White (94.9%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Melfi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 570.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Said to be related to the name of the small nearby river Melpes, Melphes, mentioned by Pliny. According to De Giovanni this name is from a Mediterranean (possibly Italic, like the Oenotrians) substrate *melf, *melp, of uncertain meaning, but compare Melpis and Melpum.
Proper noun
[edit]Melfi f
- A town in Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Proper noun
[edit]Melfi m or f by sense
References
[edit]- Giacinto de' Sivo, Storia delle Due Sicilie, dal 1847 al 1861, Oxford University Press, 1864.
- Alessio-De Giovanni: Alessio, G., De Giovanni, M., Apulia et Calabria nel quadro della toponomastica mediterranea, Atti del VII congresso internazionale di scienze onomastiche, vol. 1, Firenze 1962, pp. 65-129.
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