Mitrani is a surname which is used by Jewish people. [1] It is a combination of the Hebrew preposition mi and Trani meaning "from Trani". [2]
It was first adopted by the Italian-origin Sephardic Jews who settled in Wallachia, Romania, coming from Trani, Italy, in the 1700s. [2] [3] In a 1961 study the same view is also emphasized adding that it is a well-established way for Jewish people to formulate names based on the places where their ancestors resided. [4] It has a variant, Mitrany. [3] Notable people with the surname are as follows: