Espiritu Surname

5,377th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105,427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Espiritu Surname User-submission:

The Espiritu surname came from Spanish del Espiritu Santo, which means 'of the Holy Spirit'. It associates with religious matter. This surname was given or we can say a gift to those babies who were born especially at Easter Sunday during Spanish period, 333 years of colonization here in the Philippines.

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Espiritu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines74,7431:1,35481
Peru14,0051:2,269388
Mexico7,4731:16,6101,395
United States5,4131:66,9617,798
Guatemala8081:19,9041,577
Dominican Republic7241:14,4101,065
Canada6051:60,9027,147
Bolivia3061:34,6942,211
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Spain1521:307,57918,383
Australia1511:178,77918,110
Guam1071:1,496210
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
United Arab Emirates481:190,88113,202
Ecuador481:331,3729,295
Thailand461:1,535,616206,021
England401:1,392,95161,553
Brunei371:11,3171,397
Brazil331:6,487,101155,169
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
Iceland301:12,6701,147
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Italy251:2,446,26894,040
Chile211:838,88017,964
Belize211:16,9271,658
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Argentina171:2,514,318114,515
Venezuela161:1,887,75523,347
American Samoa141:3,983910
Norway101:514,22941,629
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
South Korea81:6,405,0321,091
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
China51:273,464,31313,838
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
France41:16,605,680368,153
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Macau31:200,543803
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Micronesia21:53,1221,264
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tonga11:107,313791
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
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The alternate forms: Espíritu (48), Espiritú (1) & Èspiritu (1) are calculated separately.

Espiritu (2,947) may also be a first name.

Espiritu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Espiritu surname came from Spanish del Espiritu Santo, which means 'of the Holy Spirit'. It associates with religious matter. This surname was given or we can say a gift to those babies who were born especially at Easter Sunday during Spanish period, 333 years of colonization here in the Philippines.

Centuries has passed and the name itself evolved into something shorter and convenient - Espiritu.

- johnpaoloespiritu
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Espiritu Demographics

Average Espiritu Salary in
United States

$49,452 USD

Per year
Rank:
421,482 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00144205
Rank: 7,961 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
114.6%
Sample size: 2,487 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Espiritu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Espiritu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Espiritu occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Espíritu, Espiritú or Èspiritu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Espiritu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Espiritu is the 5,377th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,124 people. The surname Espiritu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Espiritu reside; 70 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 70 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Espiritu is also the 133,564th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 2,947 people.

The surname is most common in The Philippines, where it is carried by 74,743 people, or 1 in 1,354. In The Philippines Espiritu is primarily concentrated in: Central Luzon, where 25 percent live, Calabarzon, where 20 percent live and National Capital Region, where 18 percent live. Not including The Philippines this surname exists in 69 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 13 percent live and Mexico, where 7 percent live.

Espiritu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Espiritu last name are 43.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.47% being registered with the political party.

The amount Espiritu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 75.59% less than the national average, earning €7,329 per year; in Norway they earn 36.28% less than the national average, earning 220,513 kr per year; in Peru they earn 19.33% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,638 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.46% less than the national average, earning $18,966,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.61% more than the national average, earning $49,452 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.98% less than the national average, earning $46,710 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Espíritu9648/
Espiritú961/
Èspiritu961/
Espiritud9410/
Esppiritu947/
Espitritu945/
Espirittu943/
Espiritus942/
Easpiritu941/
Esdpiritu941/
Espirituy941/
Espiritou941/
Espeiritu941/
Epiritu9323/
Hespiritud891/
Esperitu88116/
Espirutu8810/
Ispiritu889/
Espiretu883/
Espirytu881/
Eperitus756/
Esperetu754/
Isperitu751/
Ipiritou751/
Eperetu675/
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