Frequency: (424)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: habitational name from any of various places called Chiaramonte or from Chiaramonte Gulfi in Ragusa, Sicily.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 17%. Salvatore (9), Sal (5), Ceasar (2), Dante (2), Gasper (2), Nunzio (2), Angelo, Antonino, Vincenza, Vito, Vittorio.
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