Frequency: (101)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Altered form of Italian Lo Bue, a nickname meaning ‘the ox’ (lo ‘the’ + bue ‘ox’) or of the feminized form La Bua.
GIVEN NAME Italian 7%. Salvatore.
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