Apuzzo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Apuzzo.

Proper noun

Apuzzo (plural Apuzzos)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Apuzzo is the 37076^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 602 individuals. Apuzzo is most common among White (96.01%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Apuzzo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 49.

Italian

Etymology

From a diminutive of ape (“bee”), hence a metonymic occpational surname for a beekeeper or a nickname for an industrious person.

Proper noun

Apuzzo m or f by sense

1. a surname