The Spadaro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,765 people carried this name — #16,327 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,755 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Spadaro surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
Italinized and sonorized variant of Sicilian Spataru, from Sicilian spataru (“sword-maker”). Cfr. spadaio.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Spadaro» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 557 people named Spadaro live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
120 people named Spadaro live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Spadaro.
Most of them — 64 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Spadaro in American newspapers,
1895–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 275 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Spadaro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Odoardo Spadaro 1893–1965 · actor -
Peppino Spadaro 1898–1950 · film actor -
Carlos Spadaro 1902–1985 · association football player -
Umberto Spadaro 1904–1981 · film actor -
Ottavio Spadaro 1922–1996 · playwright -
Giuseppe Spadaro 1926–2003 · hellenist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 28 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Spadaro.
- Soyer 201 · U.S. census
- Sozzi 185 · U.S. census
- Spach 373 · U.S. census
- Spack 412 · U.S. census
- Spada 1,887 · U.S. census
- Spadafora 1,300 · U.S. census
- Spadoni 672 · U.S. census
- Spaeth 3,412 · U.S. census
- Spagnoli 767 · U.S. census
- Spagnolo 977 · U.S. census
- Spahn 2,235 · U.S. census
- Spang 1,570 · U.S. census
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