Nazario
A surname from a personal name associated with Nazareth, ultimately pointing to “the Nazorean” or “of Nazareth.”
The #5,258 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 46,526 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Nazario is a surname taken from the given name Nazario, the Romance form of Latin Nazarius. That name is traditionally connected with Nazareth, and by extension with the Christian epithet meaning “from Nazareth” or “the Nazorean.” In surname use, it usually began as a hereditary form of a father’s given name rather than as a direct place-name.
History
The name was carried into many Catholic regions through saints’ names and baptismal naming, especially in Spain, Portugal, and Italy. It later spread to the Americas through colonial migration and later movement from those language communities. In modern records it is found most often in Hispanic and Lusophone populations.
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Fun fact
The underlying saint’s name helped make related forms of Nazario familiar across several Romance-speaking countries, even where it was never especially common as a surname.
Notable people named Nazario
- Ronaldo (b. 1976)
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