Esposito Surname
Approximately 215,149 people bear this surname
Esposito Surname Definition:
(Italian) Descendant of Esposito (exposed), a name sometimes given to a foundling.
Read More About This SurnameEsposito Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 155,359 | 1:394 | 4 |
| United States | 31,268 | 1:11,592 | 1,446 |
| Argentina | 8,766 | 1:4,876 | 549 |
| France | 5,211 | 1:12,747 | 1,271 |
| Brazil | 4,176 | 1:51,263 | 1,976 |
| Canada | 1,373 | 1:26,836 | 3,580 |
| England | 1,221 | 1:45,633 | 5,751 |
| Germany | 979 | 1:82,232 | 10,380 |
| Switzerland | 939 | 1:8,746 | 1,431 |
| Australia | 918 | 1:29,407 | 3,949 |
| Venezuela | 710 | 1:42,541 | 2,274 |
| Spain | 642 | 1:72,822 | 6,410 |
| Belgium | 515 | 1:22,324 | 3,492 |
| Uruguay | 382 | 1:8,984 | 1,010 |
| Dominican Republic | 354 | 1:29,472 | 1,755 |
| Guatemala | 215 | 1:74,803 | 2,633 |
| New Caledonia | 208 | 1:1,328 | 59 |
| Chile | 204 | 1:86,355 | 3,364 |
| Ecuador | 185 | 1:85,978 | 5,839 |
| Colombia | 131 | 1:364,688 | 6,191 |
| Panama | 98 | 1:39,921 | 2,114 |
| Thailand | 92 | 1:767,808 | 125,203 |
| Netherlands | 80 | 1:211,090 | 28,733 |
| Malta | 78 | 1:5,516 | 371 |
| Peru | 66 | 1:481,578 | 13,923 |
| New Zealand | 65 | 1:69,667 | 10,483 |
| Scotland | 65 | 1:82,366 | 6,014 |
| Philippines | 64 | 1:1,581,847 | 107,292 |
| Mexico | 60 | 1:2,068,770 | 19,099 |
| Wales | 57 | 1:54,290 | 4,971 |
| South Africa | 55 | 1:985,049 | 61,274 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Sweden | 42 | 1:234,447 | 16,276 |
| Austria | 41 | 1:207,694 | 25,759 |
| Cuba | 40 | 1:288,068 | 5,229 |
| Greece | 35 | 1:316,565 | 45,415 |
| Luxembourg | 31 | 1:18,727 | 4,129 |
| Russia | 31 | 1:4,649,131 | 213,487 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Czechia | 24 | 1:443,061 | 48,767 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 1:6,611 | 774 |
| Bermuda | 15 | 1:4,352 | 690 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Costa Rica | 11 | 1:434,552 | 3,937 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Paraguay | 9 | 1:804,083 | 8,568 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 1:1,204,218 | 5,298 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| San Marino | 4 | 1:8,304 | 676 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Espósito (192) & Espòsito (1) are calculated separately.
Esposito (1,135) may also be a first name.
Esposito Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Italian) Descendant of Esposito (exposed), a name sometimes given to a foundling.
User-submitted Reference
Sposito is a variant of Esposito that derives from Latin Expositus and literally means 'exposed'. Italian tradition claims that the surname was given to who were abandoned and handed over to an orphanage. They were called Espositi because they would get exposed in a public place.
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Esposito Religious Adherence
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Esposito Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Esposito Come From? nationality or country of origin
Esposito (Russian: Эспосито) is most common in Italy. It can also appear as: Espósito or Espòsito. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Esposito? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,584th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,872 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Esposito reside; 73 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 72 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 236,307th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 1,135 people.
This surname is most widespread in Italy, where it is borne by 155,359 people, or 1 in 394. In Italy it is most frequent in: Campania, where 68 percent reside, Lombardy, where 7 percent reside and Lazio, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Italy Esposito exists in 111 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Argentina, where 4 percent reside.
Esposito Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Esposito has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 781,700 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 40,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 283 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Esposito Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Esposito last name is principally Catholic (83%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Esposito surname are 5.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.07% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Esposito earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 4.87% less than the national average, earning €28,568 per year; in Norway they earn 51.04% more than the national average, earning 522,723 kr per year; in Peru they earn 301.36% more than the national average, earning S/. 77,803 per year; in South Africa they earn 186.29% more than the national average, earning R 680,328 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.24% more than the national average, earning $24,345,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.85% more than the national average, earning $49,986 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.58% more than the national average, earning $54,938 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Espósito | 96 | 192 | / |
| Espòsito | 96 | 1 | / |
| Espositos | 94 | 114 | / |
| Espossito | 94 | 6 | / |
| Espositto | 94 | 4 | / |
| Espposito | 94 | 3 | / |
| Essposito | 94 | 3 | / |
| Exsposito | 94 | 2 | / |
| Aesposito | 94 | 1 | / |
| Espositoi | 94 | 1 | / |
| Jesposito | 94 | 1 | / |
| Espodsito | 94 | 1 | / |
| Eposito | 93 | 35 | / |
| D'Esposito | 89 | 2,455 | / |
| Exposito | 88 | 48,450 | / |
| Esposita | 88 | 108 | / |
| Espozito | 88 | 86 | / |
| Espocito | 88 | 49 | / |
| Asposito | 88 | 19 | / |
| Espasito | 88 | 8 | / |
| Isposito | 88 | 6 | / |
| Esposeto | 88 | 6 | / |
| Espesito | 88 | 5 | / |
| Etposito | 88 | 4 | / |
| Eaposito | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ezposito | 88 | 2 | / |
| Esposjto | 88 | 1 | / |
| Espoxito | 88 | 1 | / |
| Espusito | 88 | 1 | / |
| Espozzito | 82 | 8 | / |
| Espósitos | 82 | 2 | / |
| D'Eposito | 82 | 1 | / |
| Espocitos | 82 | 1 | / |
| Iposito | 80 | 6 | / |
| Epósito | 80 | 1 | / |
| D'espósito | 78 | 2 | / |
| Espozzitto | 78 | 1 | / |
| Expósito | 75 | 548 | / |
| Expocito | 75 | 17 | / |
| Expòsito | 75 | 9 | / |
| Espozyto | 75 | 8 | / |
| Expozito | 75 | 6 | / |
| Exposita | 75 | 4 | / |
| Expoxito | 75 | 1 | / |
| Expösito | 75 | 1 | / |
| Espócito | 75 | 1 | / |
| Espózito | 75 | 1 | / |
| Etpochito | 71 | 4 | / |
| Epasita | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ipocito | 67 | 1 | / |
Esposito Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esposito in the Russian language | ||
| Эспосито | esposito | - |
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Esposito Reference & Research
Esposito DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Esposito FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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