Frequency: (623)
(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 from any of the numerous places throughout Italy named or named with rocca ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 13%. Aldo (2), Pasquale (2), Saverio (2), Amedeo, Attilio, Baldassare, Bruna, Carlo, Carmine, Corrado, Elio, Filippo.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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