Governale

Borrowed from Italian Governale.

Governale (plural Governales)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Governale is the 34707^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Governale is most common among White (94.01%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Governale”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 71.

From governale (“rudder, helm”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a helmsman.

Governale m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025