Vescovini Surname

597,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 521 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Vescovini Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the Latin word episcopus, ultimately from the Greek word episkopos, which meant 'overseer', from epi, meaning 'on', 'over', and skopein, meaning 'to look'. This word evolved into the title for an overseer of a community of Christians, in almost every European language.

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Vescovini 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
Italy4921:124,30220,310
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
France31:22,140,907385,998
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Vescovini Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the Latin word episcopus, ultimately from the Greek word episkopos, which meant 'overseer', from epi, meaning 'on', 'over', and skopein, meaning 'to look'. This word evolved into the title for an overseer of a community of Christians, in almost every European language. As an Italian surname, it is thought that Veschi may have been taken on by someone who worked in the household of a bishop.

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Vescovini Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vescovini is more commonly found in Italy than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vescovini? popularity and diffusion

Vescovini is the 597,433rd most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,987,612 people. The surname Vescovini is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Vescovini are found; 94 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 94 percent are found in Italic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is borne by 492 people, or 1 in 124,302. In Italy Vescovini is most prevalent in: Emilia-Romagna, where 87 percent live, Tuscany, where 8 percent live and Lombardy, where 4 percent live. Barring Italy this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 4 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

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Vescovin942/
Viscovini89216/
Vescovine896/
Viscovin824/
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Viscovino784/
Vaskovin711/
Visgovino671/
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Bezkovainyi601/
Vaskovna5925/
Viskovna592/
Feskovna591/
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Beskowine561/
Beskovoyne5313/
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