Frequency: (329)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian (Bari): topographic name for someone who lived by a bell tower, campanile, or a habitational name from a place named for its bell tower.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 22%. Angelo (4), Rocco (4), Vito (3), Giovanni (2), Luigi (2), Sante (2), Caesar, Dario, Gaetano, Giacomo, Guido, Leonardo.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
