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Saffioti

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Saffioti is an Italian surname[1][2][3] which due to migration can also be found among others in the United States and South American countries.[4] In Italy the largest number of people with this name live in Calabria followed by Liguria, Lombardy and Lazio.[1] Saffiotti most probably is a toponymic surname and the small Calabrian settlement of Punta Safò (Comune di Briatico) the geographical origin of the lineage.[2] Notable people with the surname include:

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  1. ^ a b "Diffusione del cognome Saffioti". cognomix.it. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Italian Surnames – Cognomi Italiani – S". ganino.com (in Italian). Retrieved January 27, 2016. Saffioti è un tipico cognome calabrese di Palmi […] potrebbe derivare da una forma etnica grecanica relativa alla contrada Safò di Briatico nel vibonese, probabile località di origine dei capostipiti. (Saffioti is a typical name of [[Palmi, Calabria|]] in Calabria, with presence also in Gioia Tauro […] the village Punta Safò near Briatico is the likely place of origin of the lineage.)
  3. ^ "Luoghi d'origine dei Saffioti: Reggio di Calabria (Italia)". it.geneanet.org. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "Saffioti Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved January 27, 2016.