Morreale
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Morreale
Frequency: (829)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian (Sicily): variant of Monreale, a habitational name from Monreale near Palermo, Sicily, so named from monte regale ‘regal mountain’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 12%. Salvatore (11), Antonio (6), Angelo (3), Sal (2), Antonino, Carmel, Carmine, Franco, Gaetano, Gilda, Giuseppe, Santo.
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Mentioned in
From the Dirt
(2005 Album by David Morreale)
Embraceable You
(1998 Album by Joan Barry)
Phyllis De la Garza
(children's author/illustrator)
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