Ronco
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Frequency: (287)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian (Naples and Puglia): topographic name from ronco ‘cultivated land’, ‘terraced slope’, ‘hillside vineyard’, or a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with this word, examples of which are found in Turin, Genoa, Milan, and Verona (Ronco); Bologna, Mantova, and Savona (Ronchi); Verona (Ronca).
GIVEN NAMES: French 5%. Gervais, Lucienne, Pierre.
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