Piccio
Piccio is an Italian surname.
Distribution
In Italy, it occurs mostly in the areas between Turin and Milan and in the area around Rome,[1][2] with somewhat higher concentrations in Umbria.[3] The word piccio is a variant of the standard Italian piccolo, which means "little." Branches of the Piccio family can also be found in Argentina,[4][5] France, United Kingdom, Germany,[6] the Philippines, Switzerland,[7] and the United States.[8]
People
Notable members include:
- Carlo Piccio, Philippine swimmer;
- Giuseppe Piccio, Italian linguist of the Venetian language;
- Pier Ruggero Piccio, Italian World War I general and founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force;
- Vicente Piccio, Jr., Philippine major general and Marcos-era Air Force Chief.
Piccio is also the first name or pseudonym of:
- Giovanni Carnovali, Italian painter better known as Il Piccio.
References
- ↑ Kessin, Zachary. (Ed.) Table of names. Names of Jews in Rome in the 1550s. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ↑ Surnames of the Jews in Rome. Jewish Genealogy in Italy. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ↑ Cognomi. GENS. Accessed November 15, 2006.
- ↑ Italianos llegados a Buenos Aires (1882)
- ↑ Italianos llegados a Buenos Aires (1899)
- ↑ http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx?name=Piccio
- ↑ http://map.search.ch/?name=PICCIO
- ↑ http://www.gens-us.net/map/genera.html?cognome=PICCIO
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