As far as I know, Mariano derived from Latin Marianus, that is, the patronymic of Marius, and it meant "descendant of Mario". However, in later ages it was typically used and understood as a name linked to devotion to the Virgin Mary. The origin of Mario itself is uncertain, some derive it from the ...

You could try this one too, even if it's in Italian. I don't know how reliable it is, though.

https://www.cognomix.it

Hello scarlet217,
it basically says that the child was presented at 9 am of the 2nd of March 1890 by thirty-year-old Rosaria Canzoneri, receiver of foundlings, to the Mayor of Alcamo, who gave him the name of Rosario Ionio. The child was exposed, that is, was placed in the wheel of foundlings of the ...

Try to search for him on this site, I found documents about a relative of mine who was a forced labourer in Germany.
https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search

I've tried to identify the place by scrolling the lists of modern Italian comuni, but I couldn't find any place matching that precise order of words and shape of letters. Maybe it's a frazione or, more likely, a corrupted form of an existing town.

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Could it be a corruption of Lama Mocogno in the province of Modena? I'm not familiar with Northern Italian places, just guessing.