The Spagnolo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 977 people carried this name — #25,332 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (979).
What the name means
The meaning of the Spagnolo surname
Borrowed from Italian Spagnolo, from spagnolo (“Spaniard”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Spagnolo» (English), 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 969 people named Spagnolo 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 200 people named Spagnolo.
93 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
164 people named Spagnolo live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 37 people named Spagnolo live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
21 people named Spagnolo is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Spagnolo in American newspapers,
1905–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,040 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Spagnolo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mariano Spagnolo 1974–2026 · musician -
Mirco Spagnolo 2001– · rugby union player -
Matteo Spagnolo 2003– · basketball player -
Antonio Spagnolo 1863–1916 · librarian
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Kathleen Mary Spagnolo 1919–2016
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Francesco Spagnolo 1920–1991 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 46 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Spagnolo.
- Spada 1,887 · U.S. census
- Spadafora 1,300 · U.S. census
- Spadaro 1,765 · U.S. census
- Spadoni 672 · U.S. census
- Spaeth 3,412 · U.S. census
- Spagnoli 767 · U.S. census
- Spahn 2,235 · U.S. census
- Spang 1,570 · U.S. census
- Spanier 1,253 · U.S. census
- Spaniol 448 · U.S. census
- Spannagel 266 · U.S. census
- Spano 4,561 · U.S. census
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