Frequency: (144)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: 1. patronymic form of the personal name Terenzio, from Latin Terentius, of uncertain etymology. 2. possibly a habitational name for someone from the city of Taranto, from Latin Tarentum.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 20%. Marino (4), Antonio (3), Aldo (2), Armando (2), Alipio, Americo, Dante, Enio, Guido, Italo, Primo, Saverio.
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