Melfi
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Melfi (plural Melfis)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Melfi is the 24186th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1039 individuals. Melfi is most common among White (94.9%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Melfi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 570.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Said to be related to the name of the small nearby river Melpes, Melphes, mentioned by Pliny. According to De Giovanni this name is from a Mediterranean (possibly Italic, like the Oenotrians) substrate *melf, *melp, of uncertain meaning, but compare Melpis and Melpum.
Proper noun edit
Melfi f
- A town in Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Proper noun edit
Melfi m or f by sense
References edit
- Giacinto de' Sivo, Storia delle Due Sicilie, dal 1847 al 1861, Oxford University Press, 1864.
- Alessio-De Giovanni: Alessio, G., De Giovanni, M., Apulia et Calabria nel quadro della toponomastica mediterranea, Atti del VII congresso internazionale di scienze onomastiche, vol. 1, Firenze 1962, pp. 65-129.
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