Frequency: (283)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: probably from a reduced pet form of the personal name Cristofaro, or alternatively a topographic name from a diminutive of faro ‘beacon’, ‘lighthouse’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 10%. Angelo, Carmine, Fiore, Salvatore, Vito.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
