Frequency: (282)
(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 for someone from Siena, a reduced form of Sienese ‘inhabitant of Siena’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 14%. Antonio (2), Vito (2), Angelo, Carmine, Dante, Dino, Filomena, Francesca, Giuliano, Maurizio, Rocco.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
