Loconsole

On the name

A name with a title in it.

Loconsole is a surname typical of Bari, and its meaning is written in the name itself.

Lo
“the”
The Italian article, fused to the name the way many Bari surnames are.
Console
“the consul”
From Latin consul: a high magistrate of Rome, and later of medieval towns and guilds.
Bari
the homeland
Treccani counts Loconsole among the typical surnames of Bari and its province.

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Boundaries: ISTAT via openpolis · Relief: Mapzen, USGS, NOAA, Copernicus

Italy
Lo + console
An Italian article and a Latin title. Here is where each part comes from.
Rome
509 BC
By tradition, the Republic elects its first two consuls, the title the name grew from.
Bari
c. 965
Bari becomes the capital of Byzantine Italy, seat of the catepan. It is the city the name is rooted in today.
Terra di Bari
Lo-
Around Bari, surnames often fuse the article to the name: Lorusso, Loiacono, Loiodice, Loconsole. Linguists link the habit to the Normans, who took Bari in 1071.
Trani
1809
Civil records begin in every comune. Those of the old Terra di Bari are kept by the State Archives at Trani, and are online on the Antenati portal.

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