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Early Origins of the Tomasello family

The surname Tomasello was first found in Naples, (Italian: Napoli, Latin: Neapolis) former capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in southern Italy; it is the chief city of the province of Naples. It shares with Instanbul the claim to be the most beautiful city in Europe. Naples has 237 Churches and 57 Chapels. The National Museum and other galleries contain riches in art and artifacts. 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, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Tomasello family

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Tomasello Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tommasi, Tomasi, Tomci, Tomassi, Tommassi, Tomaz, Tomas, Toma, Tomati, Tomatis, Tomadi, Tomado, Tomasich, Tomassich, Tommaselli, Tommasella, Tommasello, Tommasetti, Tommasini, Tommasuzzi, Tommasoni, Tomasino, Tomasin, Tomassini, Tomasicchio, Tomasuzzi, Tomasoni, Tomassoni, Tomasutti, Tomadini, Tomadin, Tomadoni, Tomaelli, Tomaello, Tomaella, Tomaini, Tomaino and many more.

Early Notables of the Tomasello family

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Migration of the Tomasello family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Dierich Toma, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1736; Benedt Tomas, who settled in Philadelphia in 1737; Adam Tomas, who came to Philadelphia in 1747; Frederick Toma, who arrived in Philadelphia sometime between 1787 and 1788.


Contemporary Notables of the name Tomasello (post 1700) +

  • Mary A. Tomasello, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956; Candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1956 1
  • Frank W. Tomasello, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944 1
  • Frank Tomasello, American founder of the Tomasello Winery in Atlantic County, New Jersey in 1888, the second-oldest active winery in the state
  • Michael Tomasello (b. 1950), American developmental psychologist, co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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