Frequency: (263)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: occupational name from medieval Greek barellas ‘cooper’, from barella ‘barrel’ (a loanword from Italian), with the occupational suffix -(e)as. See also Barile.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 19%. Salvatore (3), Santo (3), Rocco (2), Angelo, Antonio, Fortunato, Francesco, Gino, Orlando, Rigoberto.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
