The surname Zappas was first found in Mantua, anciently Mantova, a fortified city of Lombardy, capital of the province of Mantua. In 568 the Lombards took Mantua, lost it and recovered in 601. It passed to the Norman Geoffry, Duke of Lorraine in the 11th century but afterwards reverted to the Lombard League. Frederico II was first Duke of Mantua. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time was in itself a family honor.
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Early History of the Zappas family
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Zappas Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Zappa, Zappi, Zappelli, Zappetti, Zappetta, Zappoli, Zappuli, Zappalia, Zapa, Zapi, Zappas and many more.
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Early Notables of the Zappas family
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Migration of the Zappas family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Vincenzo Zappa, who arrived in Ashtabula Co., OH sometime between 1875 and 1906; Herman Louis Zoppi, who settled in Mississippi in 1894; Dominic Zappia, who arrived in New York in 1904.
Contemporary Notables of the name Zappas (post 1700)
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Peter Zappas, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, 1932 (alternate), 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 1
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