Frequency: (167)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Greek and Albanian (Valla): from Albanian valle ‘dance’.
GIVEN NAMES: Greek 5%. Spiro, Theophilos.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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