The lanza Surname
lanza Name Meaning and History
- Italian: from a dialect or old form of Lancia.
- Italian: from a short form of a personal name formed with the suffix -lanza or -lancia, as for example Francalanza and Giallanza.
- Spanish: from lanza ‘lance’, either a nickname for a soldier (lancer) or occupational name for a lance maker.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Looking For LANZA's from Pittsburgh Pa | nancy | 8 |
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| Lanza+Caputo - Messina, Sicily > USA | Carolyn Cimino | 2 |
| Searching for relatives of Mario benjamin Lanza (pittsburgh) | Nancy Lanza | 1 |
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| Lanza, Joseph T. |
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