Alioto History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Alioto family

The surname Alioto was first found in the areas around Ali Superiore and Ali Terme, both places in Sicily. The name Alioto originated from the names of these two places. Most likely, it was given to someone who had lived in one of those places, but then moved elsewhere, where he took the name to identify himself by his place of origin. Though the name is much more common in Sicily than elsewhere, it has spread to mainland Italy over the ages. Other spelling variations of Ali which end in "i" are mostly from the north, whereas those that end in "o" come from the south.

Early History of the Alioto family

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Alioto Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ali, Aliotto, Aliotti, Aliotta and others.

Early Notables of the Alioto family

Enrico Alfieri (b. 1387), a general minister of the Francescan order in the early 15th century; Bonaventura Aliotti, O.F.M. (1640-1690), an Italian Franciscan friar, organist and composer; and Count...
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Migration of the Alioto family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: bearers of the $ family name, who settled along the east coast of North America in the late 19th century.

Contemporary Notables of the name Alioto (post 1700) +

Kathleen Sullivan Alioto, American educator and politician
Tom Alioto (b. 1958), retired American soccer defender
Angela Alioto (b. 1949), American attorney, a politician
Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998), American politician, 36th mayor of San Francisco
Dario Alioto (b. 1984), Italian professional poker player