Frequency: (239)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish: 1. from the personal name Florentino (Latin Florentinus). 2. in some cases possibly from florentino ‘Florentine’, a habitational name for someone from the city of Florence in Tuscany.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 33%. Jose (2), Maximo (2), Ramon (2), Rodolfo (2), Adolfo, Alfonso, Amarilis, Andres, Angel, Basilisa, Corazon, Cristobal; Romeo, Sal.
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