At the chance of sounding ignorant... I was at my Doctors office today, he is a sweet, gentle, older man from the Phillipines. His off ice is staffed with mostly family members of the same decent. I was asked today to pronounce my name, of course I thought they meant 'Guarino' since it is commonly pronounced as 'Green no' or 'Garr e on no' you get the picture... :) Well I was shocked when the nurse responded "not with Guarino"...(perfectly pronounced) before I could say anything...she needed help with my first name! Then within 10 mins...the receptionist asked me if 'Guarino' was Spanish decent...I answered kindly that it was not, but was Italian. She looked at me with confusion and replied..." Hmmm their are many Guarino's in the Philipines" This is the first I have ever heard of the last name Guarino being from that part of our world. Has anyone else heard this before? If anyone can shine some light upon this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Shar

"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] . >their are many > Guarino's in the Philipines" This is the first I have ever heard of > the last name Guarino being from that part of our world. Has anyone > else heard this before? If anyone can shine some light upon this, it > would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > Shar Forgot to mention that you can do an Internet search for Guarino+genealogy and get about 1,070 hits, some of which might be of help to you. Joe in Texas

Guarino is quite a common surname in Italy. There are more than 5000 people with this surname on the Italian phonebook and more than 40% of them come from the Campania region. Check here: <http://elenco.libero.it/elencotel/public/RisultatoRegioni.jsp?nome=&cognome=guarino> Ciao, Fabio