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Comollo

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Pronunciation
  
Komóllo

Meaning
  
Little Jacob (truncated)

Related names
  
Comolli, Comelli, Comino, Giacomelli, Giacometti, Giacomino, Jacobelli, Jacobellis and similar

Comollo is an Italian surname localized in the northern regions of Piedmont and Liguria. There are about one hundred families listed in the Italian phonebook under this surname. It is considered the Piedmontese form of the more common surname Comolli, which is mostly localized in the Lombardy region. The surname Comollo is also present in the United States, with about 50 families.

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Etymology

Comollo has an etymology in common with other similar forms of the surname, such as: Comotto, Cometti, Cominetti, Comoglio, Comelli, Comino. According to the Dizionario ragionato dei cognomi (Annotated Dictionary of Surnames) by Frangipane, Comollo is the truncated and endearing form from the proper name Giacomo (Jacob): Gia→como→comollo. It is less probable that it is a toponimic from Como, because there are many similar surnames that maintain the original stem, such as: Giacomino, Giacomelli, Giacomolli, Giacometti, Jacobellis, Jacobacci and so on.

Important people

In chronological order:

  • Ruffino Comollo (de Comolio) is listed among the major citizens of the town of Cinzano (near Turin) in an historic document of 1468.
  • Father Giuseppe Comollo, parish priest of Cinzano for many years, in the first half of 1800
  • Luigi Comollo (1817–1839), theology student who was the intimate friend of Don Bosco. The Saint wrote a well-known biography of him.
  • Gustavo Comollo, 1904–2000, an antifascist activist and General of an important Partisan Military Army. He wrote a book of memories about the Partisan guerrilla war.

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