Orio
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Frequency: (114)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Italian: habitational name from any of various places named with Orio, for example Orio Canavese (Turni province, Piedmont), Orio al Serio (Bergamo province, Lombardy), Orio Litta (Milan province, Lombardy).
2. Basque: habitational name from Orio in Gipuzkoa province.
3. Japanese: not a common name in Japan. One version is written with a character pronounced chisha or chisa, a tree which is a sort of false persimmon. Other versions are written with characters used phonetically, or with a pair meaning ‘hanging tail’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 10%; Japanese 5%. Cesare, Francesca, Salvatore, Vito; Shinichiro, Toru.
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