Frequency: (144)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: metonymic occupational name for a goldsmith, from medieval Greek khrysaphion, a diminutive of classical Greek khrysos ‘gold’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 18%. Rocco (2), Pasquale.
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