Frequency: (110)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Greek: occupational name meaning ‘bread maker’, from psōmi ‘bread’ + the occupational suffix -as.
GIVEN NAMES: Greek 11%. Tasos (2), Marios.
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