Frequency: (107)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish (Tardío) and Italian: nickname from Spanish tardío, Italian tardio ‘belated’, ‘sluggish’, ‘tardy’ (from Latin tardus).
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 18%; Spanish 14%. Salvatore (3), Angelo (2), Antonio (2), Vincenzo; Juan (2), Carlos, Elba, Fernando, Humberto, Julio, Roberto.
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