Mannino
An Italian surname most often understood as a diminutive or nickname form built on Manno or manno, with the sense of “little man” or “son of Man(n)o.”
The #8,532 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 80,048 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Mannino is an Italian surname, especially common in Sicily and southern Italy. It is usually explained as a diminutive or affectionate form built from a personal name such as Manno, ultimately related to the root man- meaning “man.” In practice, that can give the sense of “little man,” “young man,” or a family name formed from an ancestor’s given name.
History
The surname is strongly associated with Italian regional naming patterns, especially in Sicily, where diminutive surname forms are very common. Like many Italian surnames ending in -ino, it likely began as a nickname or identification from a personal name and later became hereditary. In the United States it appears mainly through Italian immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Fun fact
The ending -ino is a classic Italian diminutive, so surnames like Mannino often began as a personal descriptor before becoming fixed family names.