The avena Surname
avena Name Meaning and History
- Spanish and Italian: metonymic occupational name for a grain grower or merchant, from avena ‘oats’, ‘oatmeal’ (Latin avena).
- Italian: habitational name from a place in Calabria called Avena.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Avena family in Italy and Argentina | Daniel Avena | 3 |
| Grazia Avena b:1888 d:1930/Pietro Filomena Clamente | Ellie Cochran Lenzi | 0 |
| Grazia Avena d:1930 b:Bagnoli, Irpino, Italy | Ellie Cochran Lenzi | 0 |
| Frances Avena |
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