Benincasa
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Benincasa
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)
Southern Italian: from the personal name Benincasa, an omen name meaning ‘welcome in the home’, bestowed on a much wanted child.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 15%. Salvatore (2), Ugo (2), Angelo, Caesar, Luigi, Luigia, Pina, Vittoria.
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