Melfi

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian Melfi.

Proper noun

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Melfi (plural Melfis)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

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  • 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

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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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

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Melfi f

  1. A town in Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

Proper noun

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Melfi m or f by sense

  1. a habitational surname

References

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  • 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.