Frequency: (544)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: nickname from glorioso ‘glorious’, ‘arrogant’, ‘vainglorious’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 16%. Salvatore (9), Angelo (7), Mauro (2), Sal (2), Santo (2), Giuseppe, Ireneo, Vincenza.
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