Frequency: (476)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: habitational name from a place named Agosta or Augusta, as for example Augusta in Syracuse province, Sicily.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 19%. Angelo (4), Giovanni (3), Giuseppe (3), Salvatore (3), Santo (3), Vito (3), Antonino (2), Carmelo (2), Marco, Matteo, Nevio, Nunzio; Mario (3), Alberto, Orlando, Roberto, Rosario, Teofilo.
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