Frequency: (158)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: from the personal name Innocent, from Latin Innocentius, from innocens ‘harmless’, ‘non-violent’.
GIVEN NAMES: French 36%; German 7%. Francois (4), Dominique, Flavie, Fresnel, Jean Claude, Jean-Robert, Magalie, Mathurin, Pierre, Regine, Remy, Reynald; Ernst, Fritz, Johann.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
