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![Show Contents]() Piazzi Surname History
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From the ancient and picturesque Italian region of Venice emerged a variety of distinguished names, including the notable surname Piazzi. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt 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 traditional type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, local surnames are also found. Local names, which are the least frequent of the major types of surnames found in Italy, are derived from a place-name where the original bearer once resided or held land. Often Italian local surnames bore the prefix "di," which signifies emigration from one place to another, but does not necessarily denote nobility. The Piazzi family lived in the place named Piazza, of which there are several cities still found in Italy today. Early Origins of the Piazzi familyThe surname Piazzi was first found in the town of Parma, with the Piazza family, nobility in the city in the 10th century. Early History of the Piazzi familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Piazzi research. The years 1657, 1712, 1726 and 1800 are included under the topic Early Piazzi History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Piazzi Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Piazza, Piazzi, Piaz, Del Piazzo, Del Piaz, Piazzini, Piazzoni, Piazzola, Piazzolla, Piazzoli, Piazzese and many more. Early Notables of the Piazzi familyProminent among members of the family was the many individuals of the Piazzoni family were of noble status in Serravalle from the 16th century. Camillo Piazza was Bishop of Dragonia in 1657; of this family was Ludovico Piazza, Bishop of Forlì in 1726; Giulio Piazza was Archbishop of...
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 Piazzi migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Piazzi Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Johann Piazzi, aged 29, who landed in New York in 1854 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Piazzi (post 1700) | + |
- Giuseppe Piazzi (1907-1963), Italian bishop who led the Diocese of Crema
- Guiseppe Piazzi (1746-1826), Italian Theatine monk, mathematician, and astronomer
- 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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Piazzi migration to the United States 
