Arcidiacono
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Arcidiacono
Frequency: (155)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Southern Italian: from arcidiàcono ‘archdeacon’, probably a nickname for someone who behaved in a pompous way or was in the service of an archdeacon, rather than an occupational name for an archdeacon.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 23%. Salvatore (3), Alfio (2), Nunzio (2), Angelo, Carmelo, Orazio, Salvator, Vito.
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