Apicella
English
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Etymology
editBorrowed from Italian Apicella.
Proper noun
editApicella (plural Apicellas)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Apicella is the 24914th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 998 individuals. Apicella is most common among White (95.09%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Apicella”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47.
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom a diminutive form of ape (“bee”), probably applied as a nickname for an industrious person or for a beekeeper.
Proper noun
editApicella m or f by sense
- a surname transferred from the nickname
Further reading
edit- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
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- Italian proper nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense
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