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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from the personal name Saccomanno, originally a status name for someone who was in charge of transporting an army’s baggage and supplies, or the personal servant of a knight on campaign, a loanword from medieval German (see Sackmann). Later it came to denote a marauder or plunderer.

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