Mangiaracina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Mangiaracina, itself of Sicilian origin.

Proper noun

Mangiaracina (plural Mangiaracinas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mangiaracina is the 34073^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 667 individuals. Mangiaracina is most common among White (95.35%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mangiaracina”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 505.

Italian

Etymology

From the Sicilian name for the fish salpa, verb-object compound, composed of mangia (“to eat”) +‎ racina (“grape”).

Proper noun

Mangiaracina m or f by sense

1. a surname from Sicilian