Zurolo Family

Zurolo is an Italian surname.

Variations

''Zollino, Zorlino,'' ''Zullini, Zullo, Zurla, Zurli, Zurlini, Zurlino,'' ''Zurlo, Zuroli, Zurri, Zurro.''

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, among all known bearers of the surname ''Zurolo'' there were residents in various countries as follows: Italy (frequency 1:155,220), of United States of America (frequency 1:5,491,802), of Germany (frequency 1:8,945,051), of France (frequency 1:9,488,960), of Switzerland (frequency 1:1,368,819) and Netherlands (frequency 1:16,887,176).

Origins and diffusion

Zollino is present in Apulia, in the Lecce area.

Zullini is a surname that is not very common in Italy. The region where it is most present is Veneto, then descending are: Lombardy, Piedmont, Lazio, Tuscany, and Marche.

Zullo is mostly present in the Campania region, on average in: Apulia, Molise, Sicily, Piedmont, Lombardy, Tuscany, Lazio and less in the rest of the other Italian regions, It also has a lineage in Messina.

Zurla is present in Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy, less in other Italian regions.

Zurli is mostly present in Tuscany, on average in Lazio, Lombardy, Umbria, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria, and to a lesser extent in other Italian regions. The countries where this surname is generally widespread are: Brazil, Argentina, France and Switzerland, less so in others.

Zurlino is present in the majority in the Molise region, followed by Abruzzo and Emilia-Romagna. The nations in which the surname is present, by intensity, are: Australia more than Italy, United States of America, Switzerland, Belgium, Brazil, Germany and Kenya.

Zurlo is present in Calabria, Campania, Lucania, Molise and Apulia (Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto) and others regions.

Zurolo is the archaic form of the surname ''Zurlo'', it is very widespread in Castellammare di Stabia and in the Neapolitan hinterland area. It seems that the surname is very frequent in southern Italy, however, it also has a strain in the Padua area.

Zuroli is present only in the Basilicata region, with only a few families bearing this surname today.

Zurri is present only in Tuscany, Umbria, Piedmont and Liguria.

Zurro is present in: Apulia, Campania, Sicily, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and on average in other regions.

Meaning

Zollino is perhaps predical: from the Zurolo family (surname adapted to ''Zullo'', ''Zullini'', ''Zurlini'': descendants of ''Zurolo'' and ''Zurlo'').

Zullo could derive from the modified italian name of Giulio.

Zurla could derive from a Tuscan nickname, meaning noise. The Zurla family, the Cremonese branch of the Neapolitan Zurolo family, bore this variant of their surname, which then spread throughout that area of Lombardy, arriving in Cremona in the 12th century.

Zurli is a plural form of the more common ''Zurlo'', is associated with the Zurolo family. Zurli family, the Trieste branch of the Neapolitan Zurolo family bore this variant of the surname, which has been mentioned in Trieste since the 15th century.

Zurlino is a surname derived from ''Zurolo'' and ''Zurlo'', it has the same meanings.

Zurlo certainly originates from the Greek '''Zurlos = crazy. n. m. rob., dialect variant of girlo – In the Gorizia dialect it means silly or stupid. In the Venetian dialect, spinning top; fig., person of little brain, or reckless, escaped (with these uses fig., also to the feminine ''Zurla''). ''Żurlo'' n. m. er. of żurlare ancient Tuscan – ruzzo, lively and noisy cheerfulness, desire to joke, and similar. The Zurlo family, a Calabrian branch of the Neapolitan Zurolo family, bore this variant of their surname and arrived in Crotone in the 14th century. Two other branches of the family with the same surname have been traced in Genoa in Liguria and in Giovinazzo in Puglia.

The surname Zurolo in some ancient texts also written in the ''Zurulu'' form, now obsolete and its derivation ''Zurlo'' could derive from modifications of the Greek name Ζωή (Zoe). Various authors of the past and modern researchers have noted that ''Zurolo'' or ''Zurlo'' (or ''Zullo'') is the same as the ''Piscicello'' or Piscicelli family, whose House used on the shield the aforementioned fish-pisces, of black color called ''zullo'' or ''zurlo'' or ''zurolo'' (from the Greek zωή, zoe, meaning life; tsulos; from the Latin ''zullus'', ''zurlus'', ''zurulus'', meaning to rise, to arise), then widespread in the sea of Otranto (where it possessed fiefs). Anciently transcribed in documents also in Latin in the variants of: ''Zurulo'', ''Zurulum'', ''Zurulus'', ''Zurolos'' and ''Zurlos'' now disappeared. The surnames ''Zurolo'' could be of Greek origin and subsequently Italianised. The surname as the original toponym of a fortified town (formerly a Roman colony in Thrace), today Çorlu (Turkey). Çorlu, formerly ''Syrallo-Tzurulos'' (in Italian ''Zurulo-Zurolo''), a locality in the province of Tekirdağ in Turkey. During Roman and Byzantine times, the town was referred to as ''Tzouroulos'', or ''Syrallo'', and later became ''Tiroloi'' (in Greek''Τυρολόη)'' (see Tabula Peutingeriana). Furthermore, the spelling ''Zorolus'' is used for the Latinised form of the name of the episcopal see identified with present-day ''Çorlu'' in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. The first known document where the surname of the noble Zurolo family (also called ''Zurlo'' but also ''Zuroli'' or ''Zurlo'' or ''Zullo'' or ''Capece Zur(o)lo'' or ''Zurolo d’Aprano'' or ''Aprano'' in this document and in others) appears transcribed is an Italian will from 1369.

Zuroli is the transcription of the surname Zurolo in the plural, in Naples, a city in southern Italy, between Via dei Tribunali and Via Vicaria Vecchia, in the Pendino district, there are two ancient alleys located in the historic center of the city, from which they take their name from the noble family who also had their noble palace there.

Zurri is a rare and widespread surname in northern Italy, it can mean joy.

Zurro, ''Żurro'' s. m. – ancient Tuscan variant of ''Żurlo'': to catch in the act of frolicking, of having fun. It derive from a word of the Sicilian dialect or be more properly a variant of the surname ''Zurlo''. It is an older voice than the one in ''Zurlo''. It is similar to the surname ''Zumbo''.

People

Among the famous people with this surname, in chronological order, appear:

* Giovanni Zurolo, also called ''Giovanni Zurlo,'' (*1382 †1440), he was a count, a feudal lord and an Useful Lord, of the Terra d'Angri, of Roccapiemonte and of other lands of the Kingdom of Naples; already a valiant leader.
* Francesco Zurolo, also called ''Francesco Zurulo'' or ''Francesco Zurlo'', (b. first half of the 15th century-d. Otranto, 11 August 1480), he was a baron of Oppido Lucano and feudal lord of Pietragalla and Casalaspro.
* Caterina Zurolo, (†1500), he was a baroness and feudal lady of Otranto, Casalaspro and Pietragalla, and other lands of the Kingdom.
* Francesco Zurolo, also known as ''Francesco Zurlo'', ''messer Francesco Zurolo,'' (*1447 †1505), he was a judge of the Italian knights during the events of the Challenge of Barletta on 13 February 1503.
* Giuseppe Capece Zurlo, (1711–1801), he was an Italian cardinal who served as archbishop of Naples.
* Giuseppe Zurlo, (Baranello, 6 November 1757-Naples, 10 November 1828), he was an Italian jurist and politician.
* Placido Zurla, O.S.B. Cam., (2 April 1769 – 29 October 1834) was an Italian Camaldolese monk and prelate, who was Cardinal Vicar of Rome and a writer on medieval geography.
* Magician Zurlì, he was an Italian television character created by Cino Tortorella and played by the presenter himself in the children's programme Zurlì, the Thursday magician.
* Valerio Zurlini (Bologna, 19 March 1926 – Verona, 26 October 1982) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
* Franco Zurlo, (1940–2018), he was an Italian boxer.
* Mario Zurlini (17 March 1942 – 16 February 2023) was an Italian professional football player and manager.
* Emmanuele Zurlo, (Catanzaro, 27 February 1988), he was an Italian beach football player.
* Michael Anthony Zullo, (Brisbane, 11 September 1988), he was an Australian footballer of Italian origin, who played as a defender or midfielder.
*Federico Zurlo, (Cittadella, 27 February 1994), he is an Italian cyclist.

See also

* Çorlu
* Leodoro Piscicello
* Tabula Peutingeriana
* Vico and Vicoletto of the Zuroli

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