Monteleone
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Monteleone.
Proper noun
Monteleone (plural Monteleones)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Monteleone is the 9074th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3602 individuals. Monteleone is most common among White (95.31%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Monteleone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 613.
Italian
Etymology
From any of various places called Monteleone, from monte (“mountain, mount”) + leone (“lion”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Monteleone m or f by sense