My mother's parents came from Rzeszow and her maiden name was "DATA". I've been told by a few people that the name DATA is actually of Italian Origin. I know back in the 16th century there was an Italian Queen Bona Sforza who married a Polish King. She brought along her cooks, artists, etc. Can you shed any light on this? I met a woman one of the geneaological sites, who told me she is a DATA and her family came from Piedmont region of Italy, Forno Canavese region (near Turin). I checked with a few other people and there are many DATA's there. Curious to know if I do have Italian origins on this side.

Just want to clarify - it is Rzeszow in Poland.

I went onto Steve Morse's site and typed in Data and these are the hits I got:

stevemorse.org/goulnik...;dwpdone=1

And on gens.labo.net/en/cogno...enera.html you can view where the surname is the most common..

Looks like the majority of people with that surname are from the Piedmont region of Italy.

Thank You Nuccia!