Nazzaro
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Frequency: (481)
(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 personal name representing a vernacular form of Latin Nazareus or Greek Nazarios, a derivative of Nazareth (Hebrew Natserat, perhaps from a root meaning ‘to guard or protect’), applied to early Christians as followers of Jesus of Nazareth and accepted by them as an honorable personal name.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 11%. Salvatore (3), Carmine (2), Rocco (2), Angelo, Camillo, Dante, Enrico, Guido, Pellegrino, Romeo, Vittorio.
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