Two Different Names on Death Record

[rp76226]

Who died here and what is the significance of the other name with an "=" sign?

http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... ewsIndex=0

[PippoM]

The sign "=" stand for a ";" or "." and is just a separation between the sentences.
In the house of Don Alfonso Ferrauto; died Don Carmelo Penna e Burruano, 44 yo, husband of Calogera Ferrauto,
land-owner, born and living in Racalmuto, son of Calogero, dealer, and Rosalia Burruano.

[rp76226]

Is it Penna or Puma? I have a marriage on my tree between (parents) Calogero Puma and Rosalia Burruano. Why the e Burruano after the Puma/Penna name?

[PippoM]

I would have read Penna, but now that I know it is a record of yours, I'd say it might be read Puma, too.
However, if you already have parents' marriage record, there should be no doubt...
The surname here is written, I'd say, the "spanish" way; as you might know in hispanic countries people have a double surname, taken from father and mother

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_naming_customs

I several times found such "surnames" in records from Southern Italy; I think that was done because it "sounded" noble, or something like that, though it might not have been a "legal" name.
I also found it, and it was a quite a surprise to me, in civil records of a town Sardinia in the late 1800.