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ratto Name Meaning and History

  1. nickname for an agile, opportunistic, or unprincipled person, from ratto ‘rat’.
  2. occupational name from Greek raptes ‘tailor’, in Southern Italy pronounced raftis or rattis.

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Distribution of ratto Families in the US in 1920
Number of ratto families
 49-95
 17-48
 1-16
 0
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