Amalfitano
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Amalfitano
Frequency: (214)
(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 for someone from Amalfi, a small city on the Gulf of Salerno, which was once an independent republic and important sea power.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 20%. Vito (4), Carmine (2), Aniello, Antonio, Carlo, Guiseppe, Luigi, Rachele, Sal, Saverio.
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