Exposta Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Exposta Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from Portugal, where exposto or exposta was used for children abandoned, for example in churches, and therefore with unknown parents. It was almost never passed as the surname of the child, but it happened for some people.

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Exposta 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
France471:1,413,249138,595
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

Exposta Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from Portugal, where exposto or exposta was used for children abandoned, for example in churches, and therefore with unknown parents. It was almost never passed as the surname of the child, but it happened for some people.

- filipinha
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Exposta Last Name Facts

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

Exposta is found most frequently in France. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Exposta? popularity and diffusion

The surname Exposta is the 2,776,799th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Exposta reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 1,413,249. In France Exposta is most numerous in: Grand Est, where 98 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 2 percent live. Outside of France this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent live and Luxembourg, where 2 percent live.

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
Exposto86876/
Esposta8614/
Exposti866/
Exsposto8015/
Expostio801/
Esposto714,447/
Expoito711/
Espostto672/
Esposjto671/
Ixpata625,018/
Yxpata621/
Espósto571/
Espasto570/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Exposta
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