Macaluso
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Macaluso.
Proper noun
Macaluso (plural Macalusos)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Macaluso is the 7339th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4542 individuals. Macaluso is most common among White (93.64%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Macaluso”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 482.
Italian
Etymology
Sicilian surname from Arabic مخلوص (maḵlūṣ, “freed, liberated”).
Proper noun
Macaluso m or f by sense
- a surname from Arabic