Frequency: (117)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Goffredo (see Freda).
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 11%. Rocco (2), Geno.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
