Vito: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Vitiello surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Meaning of the name

Ask a genealogist about Vito and the first name they will mention is Vitiello. Read literally, Vito points to “Little Vito”.

Vito is listed among the recognised spellings of Vitiello. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. In the 2010 US Census, 1,746 Americans gave Vito as their last name (rank 16,462). That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames. In the Spanish register, Vito appears 126 times as a first surname and 112 times as a second one.

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