Antonucci
An Italian surname meaning “descendant of Antonio,” ultimately from the personal name Anthony.
The #9,455 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 89,726 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Antonucci is an Italian surname built from the given name Antonio, the Italian form of Anthony. The ending -ucci is a familiar Italian surname formation that can suggest descent or kinship, so the name most likely began as “Antonio’s family” or “sons/descendants of Antonio.” The personal name itself goes back through Latin and Greek forms associated with the ancient name Antonios and later Christian use of Anthony.
History
The surname is especially Italian in form and is found in several regional surname traditions in Italy, with many such names becoming hereditary in the late medieval and early modern periods. In diaspora communities, Antonucci traveled with Italian emigration and is now found in the United States and other countries with Italian-descended populations. It is the kind of surname that often arose independently in more than one place, wherever a man named Antonio had descendants who kept his name as a family identifier.
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Fun fact
The final -ucci ending is one reason the name sounds especially distinctly Italian to modern ears, even though its root is the very widespread Christian name Anthony.