Vespucci Surname

509,082nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 643 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Vespucci Surname Definition:

(Italian), Sons of Vespa or Wasp. (variant: Emmery.)

Vespucci Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy3181:192,31728,086
United States2301:1,575,908106,190
Brazil361:5,946,509145,792
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
France31:22,140,907385,998
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
England11:55,718,059489,080
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Vespucci (17) may also be a first name.

Vespucci Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian), Sons of Vespa or Wasp. (variant: Emmery.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Vespucci Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vespucci occurs in Italy more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vespucci? popularity and diffusion

Vespucci is the 509,082nd most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 11,333,664 people. The last name Vespucci occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Vespucci reside; 50 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 49 percent reside in Italic Europe. Vespucci is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 17 people.

It is most frequently held in Italy, where it is borne by 318 people, or 1 in 192,317. In Italy Vespucci is most frequent in: Apulia, where 42 percent are found, Lazio, where 17 percent are found and Sicily, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Italy this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.

Vespucci Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Vespucci surname are 18.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.86% registered with the political party.

The amount Vespucci earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 13.84% less than the national average, earning €25,873 per year and in United States they earn 5.22% more than the national average, earning $45,400 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vespuccio9416/
Vesppucci941/
Vespuci934/
Vespycci882/
Vespusci881/
Vespucce881/
Vespuce80447/
Véspuce671/
Fespatia501/

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