Milano
A surname from the Italian city of Milan, originally marking someone who came from there.
The #6,115 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 55,045 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Milano is the Italian name of Milan, one of northern Italy’s major cities. As a surname, it originally identified a person who came from Milan or had some association with the city. The place name goes back to the ancient Latin form Mediolanum, though the surname itself is simply the locational form based on the modern Italian city name.
History
The surname is most strongly associated with Italy and Italian-speaking communities, where locational surnames were common. It also appears in immigrant communities in the Americas and elsewhere through Italian migration. In some cases, the name may have been adopted independently by families from different places named Milano or from the broader Milan area.
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Fun fact
Milano is also the standard Italian word for the city of Milan, so the surname is essentially a place-name in surname form.
Notable people named Milano
- Alyssa Milano (b. 1972)
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