Frequency: (1644)
(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 Alfano in Salerno province, Campania, a name of disputed etymology.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 16%. Salvatore (16), Angelo (7), Vito (6), Pasquale (5), Carmine (4), Domenic (4), Luigi (4), Sal (3), Antonio (2), Franco (2), Rocco (2), Vincenzo (2).
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