Fisichella (surname)

Fisichella is an Italian surname, originally from Sicily, present in around 130 Italian municipalities.

Etymology and history
Fisichella is an occupational surname, derived from.

It originated in the outskirts of Catania during the Middle Ages, probably to indicate the daughter of a physician.

Between the 19th and the 20th century, the surname spread to Lombardy and Lazio.

People named Fisichella
Notable people with this family name include:
 * Domenico Fisichella, chaplain of Misterbianco
 * Francesco Fisichella, ambassador of the city of Catania to the royal court of Madrid since 1671
 * Giuseppe Fisichella, justice of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1782
 * Francesco Fisichella (1841–1908), priest, philosopher and jurist
 * Domenico Fisichella (born 1935), academic and politician
 * Salvatore Fisichella (born 1943), operatic tenor
 * Rino Fisichella (born 1951), academic, theologian and archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
 * Giancarlo Fisichella (born 1973), racing driver
 * Dimitri Fisichella (born 1974), television presenter and pitchman
 * Marc Fisichella, art director and production designer
 * Alec Fisichella, actor