Governale

See also: governale

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Governale.

Proper noun

Governale (plural Governales)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Governale is the 34707^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Governale is most common among White (94.01%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Governale”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 71.

Italian

Etymology

From governale (“rudder, helm”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a helmsman.

Proper noun

Governale m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025