Frequency: (172)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: 1. patronymic from the personal name Sano or a nickname from sano ‘healthy’. 2. patronymic from a short form of a habitational or ethnic name ending with -sano, as for example Formisano or Palmisano.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 14%. Angelo, Antonio, Carmine, Concetta, Gennaro, Mafalda, Matteo, Nicola.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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