Spitale Surname

170,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,524 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Spitale Surname Definition:

(English, Scottish) Dweller in, or near, a hospital, a house for travelers, generally a religious house, later a home for the needy and infirm; one who came from Spittal (house), the name of many places in Scotland.

Spitale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy8731:70,05312,388
United States6791:533,81344,364
Argentina5851:73,0666,210
France1031:644,88183,663
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Venezuela451:671,20211,567
Canada441:837,40065,151
Brazil411:5,221,325132,593
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

Spitale (12) may also be a first name.

Spitale Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English, Scottish) Dweller in, or near, a hospital, a house for travelers, generally a religious house, later a home for the needy and infirm; one who came from Spittal (house), the name of many places in Scotland.

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

Spitale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spitale has its highest incidence in Italy. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Spitale click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spitale? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 170,723rd most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,887,300 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Spitale are found; 35 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 35 percent are found in Italic Europe. Spitale is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 12 people.

The surname Spitale is most common in Italy, where it is carried by 873 people, or 1 in 70,053. In Italy Spitale is most common in: Sicily, where 84 percent live, Piedmont, where 4 percent live and Tuscany, where 4 percent live. Aside from Italy this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent live and Argentina, where 23 percent live.

Spitale Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spitale surname are 23.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.84% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Spitale earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 9.45% less than the national average, earning €27,193 per year; in United States they earn 13.31% more than the national average, earning $48,891 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.44% more than the national average, earning $59,342 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spitaler931,799/
Spitalle931/
Spitales931/
Spitalei931/
Spital92244/
Spithaler8896/
Spittaler8838/
Shpitaler881/
Spitaller880/
Spitahler880/
Spittal861,215/
Spitali86322/
Shpital8672/
Spetale8667/
Szpital8614/
Spitaly862/
Spitole861/
Spitall861/
Spitala861/
Spitele861/
Spitalli8029/
Špitaler8028/
Spittall8023/
Spetales801/
Spittele801/
Spiteley801/
Spittalt800/
Spitol7721/
Špital7713/
Spetal771/
Spitalova751/
Spitholer750/
Shpytal71140/
Spiteli716/
Szpitol714/
Shpitalova713/
Spitola711/
Spetala711/
Shpitol711/
Spittoller710/
Spitholt6773/

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