Esposito Surname

2,584th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215,149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Esposito Surname Definition:

(Italian) Descendant of Esposito (exposed), a name sometimes given to a foundling.

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Esposito Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy155,3591:3944
United States31,2681:11,5921,446
Argentina8,7661:4,876549
France5,2111:12,7471,271
Brazil4,1761:51,2631,976
Canada1,3731:26,8363,580
England1,2211:45,6335,751
Germany9791:82,23210,380
Switzerland9391:8,7461,431
Australia9181:29,4073,949
Venezuela7101:42,5412,274
Spain6421:72,8226,410
Belgium5151:22,3243,492
Uruguay3821:8,9841,010
Dominican Republic3541:29,4721,755
Guatemala2151:74,8032,633
New Caledonia2081:1,32859
Chile2041:86,3553,364
Ecuador1851:85,9785,839
Colombia1311:364,6886,191
Panama981:39,9212,114
Thailand921:767,808125,203
Netherlands801:211,09028,733
Malta781:5,516371
Peru661:481,57813,923
New Zealand651:69,66710,483
Scotland651:82,3666,014
Philippines641:1,581,847107,292
Mexico601:2,068,77019,099
Wales571:54,2904,971
South Africa551:985,04961,274
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Sweden421:234,44716,276
Austria411:207,69425,759
Cuba401:288,0685,229
Greece351:316,56545,415
Luxembourg311:18,7274,129
Russia311:4,649,131213,487
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Sudan251:1,500,4083,610
Czechia241:443,06148,767
Denmark191:297,09021,940
Ireland171:276,9969,887
Antigua and Barbuda151:6,611774
Bermuda151:4,352690
China121:113,943,4645,994
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Costa Rica111:434,5523,937
Croatia91:469,84536,710
Paraguay91:804,0838,568
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Finland81:687,08836,047
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Norway81:642,78647,258
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
San Marino41:8,304676
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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.

- lucasposito

Esposito Last Name Facts

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

The last name Esposito (Russian: Эспосито) is borne by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Espósito or Espòsito. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Esposito? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,584th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 33,872 people. The last name Esposito occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Esposito live; 73 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 72 percent live in Italic Europe. Esposito is also the 236,307th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 1,135 people.

The surname Esposito is most commonly occurring in Italy, where it is borne by 155,359 people, or 1 in 394. In Italy Esposito is most frequent in: Campania, where 68 percent reside, Lombardy, where 7 percent reside and Lazio, where 6 percent reside. Not including Italy Esposito occurs in 111 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Argentina, where 4 percent reside.

Esposito Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Esposito has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Esposito last name 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 adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Esposito surname are 5.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.07% registered to vote for the 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

Esposito Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Esposito in the Russian language
Эспоситоesposito-

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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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