Frequency: (139)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Southern Italian: nickname for a solitary and retiring person, from Sicilian bbuscarinu ‘reclusive’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 11%. Angelo (2), Salvatore, Santo, Sebastiano.
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