Bastone
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Bastone.
Proper noun
Bastone (plural Bastones)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bastone is the 40016th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 548 individuals. Bastone is most common among White (89.23%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bastone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 113.
Italian
Etymology
From bastone (“stick”), either a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of staffs and sticks, or a nickname for a thin or rigid-looking person.
Proper noun
Bastone m or f by sense
- a surname
Further reading
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025