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sanfilippo Name Meaning and History

Italian (mainly Sicily and southern Calabria): habitational name from any of several places so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to St. Philip, in particular San Filippo del Mela in Messina province.

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Distribution of sanfilippo Families in the US in 1840
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