Frequency: (124)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian (Salerno): nickname from a diminutive of Tiepidi ‘lukewarm’, ‘tepid’ (Latin tepidus).
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 14%; Spanish 5%. Salvatore (2), Angelo, Carmine, Silvio; Jose, Carlos, Trinidad.
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