The Spano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,561 people carried this name — #7,315 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,429 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,012 people named Spano 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 330 people named Spano.
Most of them — 208 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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
325 people named Spano live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 49 people named Spano 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 Liège.
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
20 people named Spano 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
Spano in American newspapers,
1903–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,142 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Spano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Spano 1803–1878 · politician -
Stefania Spano d. 2019 · researcher
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Carlos Spano 1773–1814 · military personnel
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Carlos Spano 1773–1814 · military personnel
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Giuseppe Spano 1871–1963 · university teacher
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Giuseppe Spano 1871–1963 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Spano.
- Spagnolo 977 · 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
- Sparagna 119 · U.S. census
- Spas 105 · U.S. census
- Spataro 1,500 · U.S. census
- Spatz 2,083 · U.S. census
- Specht 5,738 · U.S. census
- Speck 6,297 · U.S. census
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