The Spataro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,500 people carried this name — #18,448 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,452 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Spataro surname
A surname from Sicilian.
Italinized variant of Sicilian Spataru, from Sicilian spataru (“sword-maker”). Cfr. spadaio.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Spataro» (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 1,010 people named Spataro 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
126 people named Spataro live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 97 people named Spataro.
Most of them — 71 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Spataro 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.
Who carried it
People named Spataro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Spataro 1897–1979 · lawyer -
Giuseppe Spataro 1897–1979 · lawyer
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Giovanni Spataro 1458–1541 · composer
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Giovanni Spataro 1458–1541 · composer
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Agostino Spataro 1948– · politician
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Armando Spataro 1948– · magistrate
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Spataro.
- Spanier 1,253 · U.S. census
- Spaniol 448 · U.S. census
- Spannagel 266 · U.S. census
- Spano 4,561 · U.S. census
- Sparagna 119 · U.S. census
- Spas 105 · U.S. census
- Spatz 2,083 · U.S. census
- Specht 5,738 · U.S. census
- Speck 6,297 · U.S. census
- Specker 329 · U.S. census
- Speeg 115 · U.S. census
- Speich 456 · U.S. census
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