Frequency: (1262)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Southern Italian, Maltese: variant of Bella.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 12%. Salvatore (10), Angelo (9), Reno (4), Calogero (2), Carmel (2), Nino (2), Pietro (2), Sal (2), Alfonse, Carmine, Gino, Giovanni.
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