Frequency: (711)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from the southern Italian city and provincial capital of this name (Latin name Tarentum, from Greek Taras).
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 14%. Angelo (15), Gaetano (4), Sal (3), Salvatore (3), Gasper (2), Bartolomeo, Carmela, Domenica, Giuseppe, Luciano, Vincenza, Vincenzo.
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