Is Malizia an Irish or Italian last name? 10 points for your help. Thank you?

Where are the Malizia from originally?

Is Malizia an Irish or Italian last name? 10 points for your help. Thank you?
It is definitely Italian. There is an Italian movie by that name.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070358/
Reply:This is what www.ancestry.com had to say about the name,


Malizia


Italian: nickname from malizia 鈥榤alice鈥? 鈥榮pite鈥? 鈥榤ischievousness鈥?(Latin malitia).


hope this helps.
Reply:I would have to say it sounds more italian then any irish last name!!
Reply:It's Italian and I'm going to take stab at it and say it means bad light