Crocco

See also: crocco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Crocco.

Proper noun

Crocco (plural Croccos)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crocco is the 24404^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1026 individuals. Crocco is most common among White (95.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crocco”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 386.

Italian

Etymology

From crocco (“hook”), a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of hooks.

Proper noun

Crocco m or f by sense

1. a surname