Monteleone

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Monteleone.

Proper noun

Monteleone (plural Monteleones)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Monteleone is the 9074^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3602 individuals. Monteleone is most common among White (95.31%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Monteleone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 613.

Italian

Etymology

From any of various places called Monteleone, from monte (“mountain, mount”) +‎ leone (“lion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmon.te.leˈo.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧le‧ó‧ne

Proper noun

Monteleone m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname