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The maglio Surname

maglio Name Meaning and History

Italian: apparently from maglio ‘wooden mallet (for killing cattle)’ (from Latin malleus ‘hammer’), hence presumably a nickname for a slaughterer. However, it may in fact be from an unidentified personal name.

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Distribution of maglio Families in the US in 1920
Number of maglio families
 13-23
 5-12		 1-4
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