Stambouli definatly sounds greek to me. w/o the U it does sound italian...i thought you were greek? that'd make perfect sense.
it sounds the same exact way tho, even with the 'u' in it. i guess it's greek and italian lol.
you can do that with my paternal grandma's maiden name-geswaldo (greek) or gesualdo (italian) this happens a lot because of greeks and italians mixing so much.
huh, that's pretty cool tho.