Giongo (family name)

Giongo is a family name from Trentino .

Origin and meaning

The family name "Giongo" is linked to "Gionghi", a fraction of Lavarone in the Italian province of Trentino . Both the family name and the place name are the Italianized form of the German name "Jung" as early as 1445.

distribution

Italy , Brazil , USA , Germany

variants

• Variants common in Trentino : Iùngg, Jùng, Jùngg
• historically documented variants: Gionghi, Iùng, Jùnck, Ju (n) gi
• as house name : Junghoff, Joncher, Jonch
• Latinized forms: Jongo, Jongùs

Well-known namesake

• Fabio Giongo (1928-2019), Italian opera singer (bass baritone)
• Francesco Antonio Giongo (1720–1776), sculptor and architect from Lavarone ( Neptune fountain in Trento )
• Franco Giongo (1891–1981), Italian athlete

literature

• Ernesto Lorenzi: Dizionario toponomastico tridentino. 1932
• Carlo Battisti : I nomi locali dell'altipiano di Lavarone-Luserna. Florence 1972
• Aldo Bertoluzza u. a .: Guida ai Cognomi del Trentino. L'Adige, Trento 1998