Yep thats what I was trying to get at. Many Maltese surnames are Italian sounding like Vassallo, Gauci, Vella etc. These would all have been Sicilian surnames originally.
Yep, theres a lot here in Sydney (and a lot in Melb too)...we got a big mix here. Macedonians, Serbians, Croatians, Italians, Greeks, Turks, Lebanese, Chinese u name it its here :)
Originally wouldn't it have been an Italian/Sicilian surname seeing as many would have probably immigrated to Malta in the old days (like 300-400 years ago). The Maltese language has heaps of Sicilian influence does it not?
There's heaps of people of Maltese descent here in Oz. And all the...