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bologna Name Meaning and History

Italian: habitational name from the city of Bologna in northern Italy. In early classical times this was an independent Tuscan city called Felsina, but was renamed Bononia (a derivative of Celtic bona ‘foundation’, ‘settlement’) when it became a Roman colony in 190 bc.

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Distribution of bologna Families in the US in 1920
Number of bologna families
 21-40
 8-20		 1-7
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