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Garofalo

in Rhode Island

There are 78 people with the last name "Garofalo" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

NameRank
Garofalo 1,787
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  1. is 1,783rd most common Burrows
  2. is 1,784th most common Duclos
  3. is 1,785th most common Fagundes
  4. is 1,786th most common Gaccione
  5. is 1,787th most common Garofalo
  6. is 1,788th most common Henault
  7. is 1,789th most common Labbe
  8. is 1,790th most common Lyon
  9. is 1,791st most common Maine

Similar Names and Nicknames

Garon, Garoutte, Garone, Garofolo, Garofano, Garo, Garozzo, Garofallou, Garofali, Garofoli

Most Common First Names for Garofalo

Michael, Anthony, Arthur, John, Marilyn, Charlene, David, Elizabeth, Frank, Jennifer

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Meaning & History

Southern Italian: from garofalo ‘carnation’, from Greek karyophyllon, standard modern Italian garofano. Southern Italian Greek has the more conservative karofaddho; the standard modern Greek form is garifalo. This is presumably a nickname for one who habitually sported a carnation, a topographic name for someone who lived where carnations grew, or a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of these flowers. De Felice notes that the Calabrese and Sicilian dialect forms, garofalu and garofolo, denote other species of plant, as well as a whirlwind or vortex, senses which could also have contributed to the surname.

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