The genova Surname
genova Name Meaning and History
Italian: habitational name from Genoa (Italian Genova) in
Liguria, which during the Middle Ages was one of the great seaports of
the Mediterranean and a flourishing mercantile and financial
center. The origin of the name of the city is uncertain. It has been
associated with Latin janua ‘door’, but is more probably of
pre-Roman origin. The surname in its various forms is distributed
throughout southern Italy, Genova and Genovese being
particularly common in Calabria and Sicily.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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