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![Show Contents]() Maggiora Surname History
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 Italy
From the historical and fascinating Italian region of Venice emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Maggiora family. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adapt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they are characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most common type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, the nickname type of surname is also frequently found. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The surname Maggiora came from a child who was born in the month of May. The surname Maggio is derived from the Italian word Maggio, which literally means the month of May. Early Origins of the Maggiora familyThe surname Maggiora was first found in the city of Cremona, where records are found with the Maggi family, from which came 57 priests between 1096 and 1791. Early History of the Maggiora familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Maggiora research. Another 20 words (1 lines of text) covering the years 1630 and 1699 are included under the topic Early Maggiora History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Maggiora Spelling VariationsItalian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Maggiora include Maggio, Maggi, Maggiolini, Maggini, Maggiello, Maggiora, Maganini, Maggiolo, Maggioni, Maggione, Maggiore, Maggiulini, Magguilli, Maghetti, Magis, Magio, Magiocco and many more. Early Notables of the Maggiora familyProminent among bearers of this family in early times was Carlo Maria Maggi (1630-1699), an Italian scholar, writer and poet in Milan; and Giovanni Paolo Maggini, a violin-maker in Brescia during the 16th century. He...
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 Maggiora migration to the United States | + |
Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Maggiora were among those contributors:
Maggiora Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Louis Maggiora, who landed in California in 1900 1
- Domenico Maggiora, who arrived in California in 1901 1
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Maggiora migration to the United States 
