Frequency: (524)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Southern Italian (Naples): nickname from southern dialect piccerillë ‘little one’, ‘baby’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 28%. Angelo (10), Antonio (3), Mario (3), Ugo (3), Gennaro (2), Guido (2), Rocco (2), Vito (2), Carmine, Ciro, Emilio, Ersilia, Filomena, Generoso, Luciano, Lucio, Ninfa.
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