Frequency: (159)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: of uncertain derivation; possibly a topographic name from da via ‘from the street’, in some cases misdivided as D’Avia.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 8%. Carmela, Gaetano, Gino, Marcello, Onorato.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
