Bastone

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Bastone.

Proper noun

Bastone (plural Bastones)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bastone is the 40016^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 548 individuals. Bastone is most common among White (89.23%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bastone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 113.

Italian

Etymology

From bastone (“stick”), either a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of staffs and sticks, or a nickname for a thin or rigid-looking person.

Proper noun

Bastone m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025