Ribaudo
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Frequency: (363)
(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 (Piedmont and Sicily): nickname for a reprobate, ribaldo, originally a term denoting a soldier or servant who had to carry out the most arduous or distastful tasks, and so perhaps in part an occupational name, or from a personal name of the same derivation.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 28%. Salvatore (5), Carmine (3), Carmelo (2), Domenico (2), Mario (2), Rosario (2), Sal (2), Alfredo, Alonzo, Antonio, Bartolo, Benedetto, Ciro, Gaetano, Giuseppe, Giusto, Isidoro.
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