Miano (surname)
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Miano is a surname. It is a southern Italian surname, which originated both as a shortened form of given names such as Emiliano or Damiano, as well as a toponymic surname from various settlements including Miano in Naples, Miano [it] in Parma, Miano in Teramo, Miane in Veneto, and Mian in Belluno.[1] It is also a Kikuyu surname, from the word mĩano "a small gourd used by a mũrogi to hold divining stones".[2][3] In Italy, 899 families bore the surname Miano, with slightly less than half located in Sardinia.[4] The 2010 United States census found 1,643 people with the surname Miano, making it the 17,239th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 1,531 (17,101st-most-common) in the 2000 census. In both censuses, roughly nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as non-Hispanic white.[5]
Language(s) | Various languages of Italy, Kikuyu |
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Region of origin | Southern Italy, Kenya |
Notable people with the surname include:
- Laura Miano (born 1959), Italian sprinter
- Léonora Miano (born 1973), Cameroonian writer
- Mike Miano (born 1973), American football player
- Rebecca Miano (born 1966), Kenyan lawyer
- Rich Miano (born 1962), American football player
- Robert Miano (born 1942), American actor
- Sarah Emily Miano (born 1974), American writer