Espósito Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Argentina

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil871:2,460,62575,139
Argentina781:547,99239,725
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
England11:55,718,059489,080
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

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.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

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.

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