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Frequency: (273)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Of uncertain origin. It occurs occasionally as a surname in England and Ireland, Italy, and Hungary, most probably being derived from the female personal name Anna, which comes through Latin and Greek from the Biblical Hebrew name Hanna.
GIVEN NAME French 4%. Ketty.
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