Comollo


Comollo is an Italian surname localized in the northern regions of Piedmont and Liguria. There are about one hundred families listed in the Italian phonebook under this surname. It is considered the Piedmontese form of the more common surname Comolli, which is mostly localized in the Lombardy region. The surname Comollo is also present in the United States, with about 50 families.

Etymology

Comollo has an etymology in common with other similar forms of the surname, such as: Comotto, Cometti, Cominetti, Comoglio, Comelli, Comino. According to the Dizionario ragionato dei cognomi by Frangipane, Comollo is the truncated and endearing form from the proper name Giacomo : Gia→como→comollo. It is less probable that it is a toponimic from Como, because there are many similar surnames that maintain the original stem, such as: Giacomino, Giacomelli, Giacomolli, Giacometti, Jacobellis, Jacobacci and so on.

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