Frequency: (126)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian (Sicily): nickname from Sicilian agruso ‘bitter’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 30%. Carlo (3), Rosolino (2), Vito (2), Angelo, Giacomo, Lorenzo, Matteo, Onorato, Salvatore, Santo.
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