Tornatore

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Tornatore.

Proper noun

Tornatore (plural Tornatores)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tornatore is the 34223^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 663 individuals. Tornatore is most common among White (94.72%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tornatore”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

Occupational surname for a turner, from tornio (“lathe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tor.naˈto.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: Tor‧na‧tó‧re

Proper noun

Tornatore m or f by sense

1. a surname

   Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian film director