American Family Name Origins:
Quaranta
Frequency: (410)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Southern Italian: etymology uncertain; possibly from an unexplained nickname from quaranta ‘forty’, or alternatively from a personal name Quaranta, as supported by the place name Santa Quaranta.
2. French (Provence): habitational name from Quarante near Capestang in Hérault.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 20%. Angelo (6), Vito (5), Rocco (3), Antonio (2), Salvatore (2), Silvio (2), Carmine, Ciro, Corrado, Dino, Filomena, Francesca.
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