Spositi Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Spositi Surname User-submission:

Sposito is a variant of Esposito that derives from Latin Expositus and literally means 'exposed'. Italian tradition claims that the surname was given to who were abandoned and handed over to an orphanage. They were called Espositi because they would get exposed in a public place.

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Spositi 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
Italy741:826,44264,449
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Spositi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Sposito is a variant of Esposito that derives from Latin Expositus and literally means 'exposed'. Italian tradition claims that the surname was given to who were abandoned and handed over to an orphanage. They were called Espositi because they would get exposed in a public place.

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Spositi Demographics

Average Spositi Salary in
United States

$67,571 USD

Per year
Rank:
123,697 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
1.66383E-5
Rank: 301,858 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
156.6%
Sample size: 21 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Spositi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spositi occurs more in Italy more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spositi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Spositi is the 1,736,881st most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Spositi reside; 67 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 67 percent reside in Italic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Italy, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 826,442. In Italy it is primarily found in: Lazio, where 97 percent live, Calabria, where 1 percent live and Piedmont, where 1 percent live. Barring Italy Spositi is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Spositi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Spositi last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Spositi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 41.94% less than the national average, earning €17,435 per year and in United States they earn 56.6% more than the national average, earning $67,571 USD per year.

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
Sposita8628/
Sposite8611/
Sposetti801,192/
Spossetti755/
Spoisetti751/
Sposetta6729/
Spozetti672/
Spashita671/
Sposetty671/
Spogetti671/
Spoiseta670/
Spousetter590/
Spozetta5322/
Spagetti5321/
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