Frequency: (248)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian (Sicily): nickname for a simpleton, from Sicilian vacanti (Italian vacante) ‘empty’, ‘vacant’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 13%. Vito (4), Salvatore (3), Alfio, Arcangelo, Domenic, Francesca.
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