Frequency: (173)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Italian: patronymic from the personal name Alia, a variant of Elia.
2. Indian (Gujarat, Rajasthan): Jain name of unknown meaning, based on the name of a clan in the Godha Jain community.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 10%; Indian 6%. Antonio, Carmine, Cira, Gaetano, Gino, Michelina, Saverio, Vincenzo; Anil, Mukund, Rachana, Raj, Satish.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
