Amantea (surname)

Amantea is a surname of Italian origin. It originated as a habitational name for the Amantea municipality in the Calabria region of southern Italy.[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Antonio Amantea (1894–1983), Italian military aviator
  • Bruno Amantea ({circa|1750)–1819), Italian physician
  • Gisele Amantea (born 1953), Canadian artist
  • Giuseppe Amantea (1885–1966), Italian physiologist
  • Luigi Amantea (1869–1949), Italian army officer

References

  1. ↑ McClure, Peter (2022). Lenarčič, Simon; Hanks, Patrick (eds.). Dictionary of American Family Names (Second ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190245122.