What is the nationality of the lastname Netti?

Question:anyone know? me and my bestfriend are tryin to find out about our great uncle!

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Netti is Italian, and the patronymic (or paternal) and plural form of Netto--which means:

Netto
Portuguese and Galician: variant spelling of Neto **.
Italian: from a short pet form of a personal name ending in -ne, as for example Baronetto (from Barone), Leonetto (from Leone), or Simonetto (from Simone).

**Neto
Portuguese and Galician: from neto ‘grandson’. Compare Nieto***

***Nieto
Spanish: nickname for someone descended from a prominent elder in a community or one whose memory was respected, from Spanish "nieto" ‘grandson’ (Latin nepos, genitive nep(o)tis, ‘grandson’, ‘nephew’).

Looks primarily Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese.

It is of English descent, but rarely used as a last name.

twood be italian.

Census record would claim it to be european and Netti is absolutely a popular surname. I believe it dates back to the 12th century. How I know it is italian is it is patronymic or plural form of Netto

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Netti
Italian: patronymic or plural form of Netto.
hope this helps.

Names do not have nationalities.
You great uncle's nationality is where he was born or a citizen. Where his ancestors come from, is his heritage.
In the 1910 census, there are a number of persons (males)with this last name. Several were born in FINLAND, others show their birth/ parents birth in Germany. And yes, some also are Italian, but it is a total assumption to think that all persons of one name come "only" from one place.
No one knows your gr uncles background without doing some research.

I searched actual immigration records. Most immigrants with that surname were Italian and Swiss. But don't stop with the preponderance of numbers. Ingeborg Netti was clearly Scandinavian and not Italian. August Netti was Russian. Emilio Netti was from Spain and Gertrude came from England. Jacob was Jewish and from Germany. Several were even Greek.

So clearly the name didn't come from one place. Even in Italy, it was split between North, South and Sicily. So you'll need to do more record research to figure out his background.