The Barraco family of Ustica rank 16th in size making them one of the larger families from Ustica. They are a first family of Ustica showing up in 1765 with the marriage of Giacomo Barraco and Caterina Ailara. He is documented as a native of Trapani. That's a great piece of information but Trapani is one of those place names that could be a reference to either the city of Trapani or the entire province of Trapani. A quick check of the surname distribution of the Barraco surname confirms that the city of Trapani in the very northwestern tip of Sicily is indeed a hot spot of the Barraco clan.
Current day distribution of the Barraco family in Sicily. The city of Trapani is likely the ancestral origin of the Barraco family of Ustica. |