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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Southern Italian : (La Manna): from the definite article la + manna, denoting a type of ash tree.
  • Southern Italian : from a reduced form of Alamanna, an ethnic name from the Germanic tribal group, the Alemanni. The name is widespread in southern Italy. Compare Lamagna.

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