Tornabene

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Tornabene.

Proper noun

Tornabene (plural Tornabenes)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tornabene is the 34465^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 657 individuals. Tornabene is most common among White (93.3%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to return”) +‎ bene (“well”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtor.naˈbɛ.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɛne
• Hyphenation: Tor‧na‧bè‧ne

Proper noun

Tornabene m or f by sense

1. a surname