Fumagalli (surname)

Fumagalli is an Italian surname from western Lombardy, literally translating to 'chicken thief'.[1]

As of 2014, 89.6% of all known bearers of the surname were residents of Italy (frequency 1:1,799), 4.7% of Brazil (1:115,478), 1.8% of Argentina (1:62,399) and 1.2% of Switzerland (1:17,361).[2]

People with the surname Fumagalli

Musical family
  • Adolfo Fumagalli (1828–1856), Italian virtuoso pianist and composer
  • Carlo Fumagalli (1822–1907), Italian composer, music publisher and music educator
  • Disma Fumagalli (1826–1893), Italian composer and music teacher
  • Luca Fumagalli (1837–1908), Italian composer, pianist and music educator
  • Mario Leone Fumagalli (1869–1936), Italian librettist, actor and baritone
  • Polibio Fumagalli (1830–1900), Italian composer, organist and pianist
Other

See also

References

  1. ^ Caffarelli, Enzo (11 May 2023). "Mangiare capre, abbracciare il vento. I cognomi composti verbo+nome". Onomastica: un mondo da scoprire (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  2. ^ Fumagalli surname distribution