Frequency: (100)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: from a diminutive of Sordo; the suffix -illo is a southern variant of -ello.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 10%. Antonio, Carmelina, Gilda, Salvatore.
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