Most common surnames in the Italian Regions

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Facts:
1. The Rossi/Russo North/South divide with both surnames meaning “red”
2. the variations of Ferrero/Ferrari/Fabbri/Fabris/Favre in the North all meaning “smith”
3. The almost total absence of surnames ending in -i in the South while they’re extremely common in the North and in the Centre
4. -n ending surnames in Veneto and Friuli due to the elimination of the final -i
5. german surnames in Trentino-Sudtyrol and french surnames in Val d’Aosta
6. the difference between Sardinia and the rest of the country