Espósito Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Espósito Surname Definition:
Variant of Expósito "someone who at birth was placed in an open public place," old custom in Spain of the extremely poor who wanted a better life for their offspring.
Espósito Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 87 | 1:2,460,625 | 75,139 |
| Argentina | 78 | 1:547,992 | 39,725 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Esposito (215,149) & Espòsito (1) are calculated separately.
Espósito Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Variant of Expósito "someone who at birth was placed in an open public place," old custom in Spain of the extremely poor who wanted a better life for their offspring.
Espósito Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Espósito Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Espósito is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Esposito or Espòsito. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Espósito? popularity and diffusion
The surname Espósito is the 1,218,745th most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. The last name Espósito is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Espósito are found; 91 percent are found in South America and 45 percent are found in Luso-South America.
This surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 2,460,625. In Brazil Espósito is most common in: São Paulo, where 60 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 18 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 41 percent live and Spain, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esposito | 96 | 215,149 | / |
| Espòsito | 96 | 1 | / |
| Espósitos | 94 | 2 | / |
| Epósito | 93 | 1 | / |
| D'espósito | 89 | 2 | / |
| Expósito | 88 | 548 | / |
| Espasito | 88 | 8 | / |
| Espócito | 88 | 1 | / |
| Espózito | 88 | 1 | / |
| Espusito | 88 | 1 | / |
| Espositos | 82 | 114 | / |
| Espossito | 82 | 6 | / |
| Espositto | 82 | 4 | / |
| Espposito | 82 | 3 | / |
| Essposito | 82 | 3 | / |
| Exsposito | 82 | 2 | / |
| Espodsito | 82 | 1 | / |
| Aesposito | 82 | 1 | / |
| Espositoi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Jesposito | 82 | 1 | / |
| Eposito | 80 | 35 | / |
| D'Esposito | 78 | 2,455 | / |
| Exposito | 75 | 48,450 | / |
| Esposita | 75 | 108 | / |
| Espozito | 75 | 86 | / |
| Espocito | 75 | 49 | / |
| Asposito | 75 | 19 | / |
| Expòsito | 75 | 9 | / |
| Esposeto | 75 | 6 | / |
| Isposito | 75 | 6 | / |
| Etposito | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ezposito | 75 | 2 | / |
| Eaposito | 75 | 2 | / |
| Expócito | 75 | 2 | / |
| Espoxito | 75 | 1 | / |
| Esposjto | 75 | 1 | / |
| Espozzito | 71 | 8 | / |
| Espocitos | 71 | 1 | / |
| D'Eposito | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iposito | 67 | 6 | / |
| Espozzitto | 67 | 1 | / |
| Epasita | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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