Frequency: (107)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: habitational name for someone from a place named Panaro (from Latin panarium ‘bread basket’), from an adjectival form of the place name.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 5%. Delfino, Genaro, Silvia.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
