Exposto Surname

401,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 876 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
East Timor

Exposto 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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Exposto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil4391:487,64118,415
Portugal1891:55,1233,035
Indonesia671:1,973,869124,197
France611:1,088,897118,069
East Timor491:24,81587
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Uruguay81:428,97023,885
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

Exposto 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.

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Exposto Last Name Facts

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

The surname Exposto is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Exposto? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 401,066th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,319,116 people. The surname Exposto occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Exposto are found; 54 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 487,641. In Brazil Exposto is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 43 percent are found, Pará, where 31 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 18 percent are found. Not including Brazil this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 22 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Exposito9348,450/
Exsposto9315/
Expostio931/
Exposoto931/
Expiosito881/
Expositio881/
Esposto864,447/
Expsito86248/
Exposta8649/
Exposit8611/
Exposti866/
Expostu864/
Expoito861/
Expósito80548/
Exposite8018/
Expocito8017/
Expuesto8015/
Expòsito809/
Expozito806/
Exposita804/
Expisito802/
Espostto802/
Expösito801/
Esposjto801/
Eksposito7524/
Esposta7114/
Espósto711/
Espasto710/
Expócito672/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Exposto
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