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bassano Name Meaning and History

  1. also Jewish (from Italy): habitational name from any of numerous places in northeastern and central Italy named with this word, including Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza), Bassano Bresciano (Brescia), San Bassano (Cremona), and Bassano Romano (Viterbo), which had a large Jewish community.
  2. from the personal name Bassano, a derivative of basso ‘low’, ‘short in stature’, Latin bassus ‘thickset’ (see Basso). The name was popularized by the cult of St. Bassano, a contemporary of St. Ambrose of Milan.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bassano Families in the US in 1920
Number of bassano families
 6-9
 3-5		 1-2
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FOUR BROTHERS FROM AVALINA/ NAPLES BASSANO FAMILY 23
Bassano-Crypto Jewish Debate PatsyPWeiss 3
Meninno Family - Avalino, Italy Larry Walsh 6
BASSANO janbutcher12 0
ELIZA BASSANO janbutcher12 0
BASSANO's from England 1500's ... 2005 Gaye Strand 0
More Bassano families Gaye Strand 0
Connection between Vela Family of Spain & Bassoni artantiques3 0
BASSANO IN ENGLAND 1800's Gaye Strand 6
Walter Waterfield Bassano Gaye Strand 0
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