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Stick, quite rare would seem to have more stocks present in the south, in the Neapolitan, in the Cosenza area, in the Trapani area and in the Salento area, of Bastoni there are more nuclei, in Lombardy, Modena and Bologna, in Forlì and on the Ligurian coast up to Massa, derivation of these surnames is doubtful, it can be assumed that they originated from nicknames. Traces of these surnames can be found as early as 1100 in Brescia, in a deed of sale dating back to 1178 we read: "... Acquisti card case que fuit .. "and in 1279 the Ponzio Bastone soldier is quoted in a will written by the Genoese notary Ugolino Scarpa. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Bastoni is widespread in the Center North, it is a polysemantic nickname from Lat. spoken * stick (m), parallel of 'bastum' = basto. For Minervini 82, it would be a derivative of the Basta base surname, from the ancient Apulian toponym Basta, currently Vasta (LE).
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