Frequency: (132)
(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: Ligurian and Piedmontese variant of Durante, from the French cognate, Durand.
2. Americanized spelling of French Durandeau, from a diminutive of the personal name Durant.
GIVEN NAMES: German 4%. Erna, Frieda.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
